Dwayne
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Dwayne
This is an offshoot of Duane, which is an old Irish surname. It took off in the 1960s, when it conveyed a surfer boy image, and reached as high as Number 111 in 1961. The most prominent current bearer is Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. The basketball superstar spells his name DwYAne Wade.
Dwayne is also given to girls.
Pronounced DWAYN.
As of October 2026, Dwayne ranked #1565 for boys in US births in 2025 and #10595 for girls in US births in 1991 SSA, peaked at #111 for boys in 1961 and #2671 for girls in 1960.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #882 | 246 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #798 | 293 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #941 | 222 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #930 | 225 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #918 | 234 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #1,038 | 199 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #1,096 | 181 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #1,178 | 167 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #1,285 | 149 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #1,350 | 140 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #1,423 | 129 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #1,565 | 109 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Dwayne for boys
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Dwayne on lists
Famous Dwaynes
- Dwayne Douglas "The Rock" JohnsonBoy
American actor and pro wrestler
- Dwayne Kim WayansBoy
American writer and composer
- Dwayne Michael Carter aka Lil WayneBoy
American rapper
- Dwayne Lamont AllenBoy
American NFL player
- Dwayne BravoBoy
Trinidadian cricketer
- Dwayne Anthony De RosarioBoy
Canadian soccer player
- Dwayne Lorenzo BoweBoy
American NFL player
- Dwayne Glenn McDuffieBoy
American comics and TV writer
Dwayne in pop culture
- Dwayne Cleophus WayneBoy
lead character on "A Different World"
- Dwayne BanburyBoy
from TV series "Mysterious Ways"
- Dwayne HicksBoy
from the movie "Aliens"
- DwayneBoy
character in "The Wolf of Wall Street" (2013 film)
- Dwayne MyersBoy
police officer from BBC's "Death in Paradise"
- Dwayne Ray RuizBoy
character in Barbara Kingsolver's book "The Bean Trees"