Dawayne
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- duh-WAYN
- Origin
- Irish
Dawayne is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “little dark one”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Dawayne mean?
Irish: spelling of Dwayne, from the surname Ó Dubháin
“little dark one”
Variant of Dwayne, from the Irish surname Ó Dubháin, based on dubh 'dark, black'.
Is Dawayne a girl's or a boy's name?
Dawayne is a boys' name.
How popular is Dawayne in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1977, with 45 boys. It first appears in the records in 1929.
Half of all the boys named Dawayne in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dawayne in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,240 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,041 |
| 2007 | 31 | #3,442 |
| 2006 | 28 | #3,600 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,716 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 35 | #2,294 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 28 | #2,613 |
| 1993 | 22 | #3,036 |
| 1992 | 41 | #1,950 |
| 1991 | 34 | #2,137 |
| 1990 | 29 | #2,368 |
| 1989 | 26 | #2,463 |
| 1988 | 35 | #1,874 |
| 1987 | 25 | #2,268 |
| 1986 | 22 | #2,427 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,503 |
| 1984 | 35 | #1,655 |
| 1983 | 33 | #1,710 |
| 1982 | 34 | #1,699 |
| 1981 | 38 | #1,576 |
| 1980 | 32 | #1,765 |
| 1979 | 34 | #1,670 |
| 1978 | 40 | #1,474 |
| 1977 | 45 | #1,356 |
| 1976 | 39 | #1,427 |
| 1975 | 30 | #1,657 |
| 1974 | 27 | #1,747 |
| 1973 | 32 | #1,514 |
| 1972 | 36 | #1,418 |
| 1971 | 40 | #1,330 |
| 1970 | 32 | #1,493 |
| 1969 | 29 | #1,492 |
| 1968 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1967 | 27 | #1,475 |
| 1966 | 26 | #1,509 |
| 1965 | 21 | #1,719 |
| 1964 | 19 | #1,849 |
| 1963 | 15 | #2,114 |
| 1962 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1961 | 17 | #1,996 |
| 1960 | 17 | #1,972 |
| 1959 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 22 | #1,627 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
Names like Dawayne
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dawayne: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dawayne, updated 20 October 2026.