Wayne
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Wayne
When Marion Michael Morrison became John Wayne around 1930, his last name took on an air of cowboy cool that lasted about thirty years. These days however, Wayne has been replaced by Waylon, Wesley, and Wyatt, and it now resides in the grandpa name camp, alongside Stan, Bruce, and Ronald. For some, thus may well be its selling point.
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Originally an occupational surname, Wayne comes from the Old English wægn meaning "wagon". Associated with wagon makers, it rose to popularity as a give name in the mid-20th-century. Notable bearers include footballer Wayne Rooney, hockey player Wayne Gretzky (generally considered the greatest player in the history of the sport), and rapper Lil Wayne.
In fiction, it may best be linked the Batman (Bruce Wayne) or to the comedy movie Wayne's World, though the name may have got a slightly bad rep owing to the fact it's borne by not one, not two, but five separate serial killers.
Nevertheless, with grandpa names in style, a new Batman movie in the public eye, and similar sounding choices rising in the charts, Wayne was given to nearly 400 boys in the US in a recent year.
Wayne is also given to girls.
Pronounced WAYN.
As of October 2026, Wayne ranked #655 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #29 in 1946, Nameberry popularity #305.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #789 | 292 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #744 | 325 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #740 | 330 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #810 | 281 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #778 | 299 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #746 | 321 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #775 | 305 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #781 | 316 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #770 | 329 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #734 | 359 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #686 | 394 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #655 | 422 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Wayne for boys
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Wayne on lists
Famous Waynes
- Wayne Douglas GretzkyBoy
Canadian hockey player
- (Carson) Wayne NewtonBoy
American singer
- Wayne Alphonso BradyBoy
American singer, comedian, and actor
- Wayne HardnettBoy
Jr. aka Bone Crusher, American rapper
- Lil Wayne (born Dwayne Carter Jr.)Boy
American rapper
- Wayne Richard FerreiraBoy
South African tennis player
- Wayne Mark RooneyBoy
English footballer
- Wayne ShorterBoy
American jazz saxophonist
- Wayne ArthursBoy
Australian tennis player
- Wayne Hamilton BlackBoy
Zimbabwean tennis player
- (Daniel) Wayne "Wing" SermonBoy
American musician of band Imagine Dragons
Wayne in pop culture
- Wayne CampbellBoy
main character in the "Wayne's World" series
- Wayne ArnoldBoy
oldest boy on TV's "The Wonder Years"
- Wayne RigsbyBoy
character on TV's "The Mentalist"
- Wayne AhmadyarBoy
character in "Sims" series
- Bruce Wayne aka BatmanBoy
superhero
- Wayne FieldsBoy
Emily Fields' father on TV's "Pretty Little Liars"
- Wayne HopkinsBoy
character in J.K. Rowling's "The Original Forty"
- "Welcome To The Wayne"Boy
a Nickelodeon cartoon
- Wayne "Duck" NewtonBoy
character in the second campaign of the podcast "The Adventure Zone"