Dewayne
Boy · duh-WAYN · Irish
Dewayne is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “little dark one”. In 2025 it ranked 2,451st for boys in the US (55 babies).
What does Dewayne mean?
Irish: spelling of Dwayne, from the Irish surname O Dubhain
“little dark one”
Dwayne comes from the Irish surname O Dubhain, built on dubh, 'dark'.
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- duh-WAYN
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Is Dewayne a girl's or a boy's name?
Dewayne is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 55 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dewayne in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,451among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 55about 1 in 31,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 55 boys in the US were named Dewayne, making it the 2,451st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,139th. Its busiest year was 1962, with 651 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Dewayne in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 1984, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dewayne in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55 | #2,451 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,044 |
| 2023 | 48 | #2,692 |
| 2022 | 53 | #2,562 |
| 2021 | 60 | #2,299 |
| 2020 | 65 | #2,139 |
| 2019 | 70 | #2,061 |
| 2018 | 67 | #2,100 |
| 2017 | 91 | #1,717 |
| 2016 | 85 | #1,788 |
| 2015 | 102 | #1,581 |
| 2014 | 108 | #1,492 |
| 2013 | 115 | #1,433 |
| 2012 | 115 | #1,439 |
| 2011 | 128 | #1,327 |
| 2010 | 145 | #1,219 |
| 2009 | 151 | #1,191 |
| 2008 | 157 | #1,154 |
| 2007 | 164 | #1,115 |
| 2006 | 146 | #1,154 |
| 2005 | 151 | #1,092 |
| 2004 | 154 | #1,048 |
| 2003 | 147 | #1,054 |
| 2002 | 149 | #1,025 |
| 2001 | 153 | #996 |
| 2000 | 184 | #860 |
| 1999 | 169 | #887 |
| 1998 | 168 | #862 |
| 1997 | 173 | #833 |
| 1996 | 157 | #872 |
| 1995 | 198 | #761 |
| 1994 | 177 | #796 |
| 1993 | 184 | #774 |
| 1992 | 247 | #661 |
| 1991 | 265 | #625 |
| 1990 | 245 | #645 |
| 1989 | 286 | #577 |
| 1988 | 267 | #567 |
| 1987 | 304 | #515 |
| 1986 | 300 | #506 |
| 1985 | 313 | #490 |
| 1984 | 335 | #461 |
| 1983 | 317 | #469 |
| 1982 | 398 | #419 |
| 1981 | 378 | #431 |
| 1980 | 441 | #391 |
| 1979 | 431 | #387 |
| 1978 | 462 | #359 |
| 1977 | 526 | #340 |
| 1976 | 471 | #353 |
| 1975 | 476 | #353 |
| 1974 | 426 | #369 |
| 1973 | 520 | #329 |
| 1972 | 530 | #334 |
| 1971 | 543 | #336 |
| 1970 | 554 | #343 |
| 1969 | 537 | #337 |
| 1968 | 524 | #334 |
| 1967 | 511 | #331 |
| 1966 | 600 | #304 |
| 1965 | 586 | #315 |
| 1964 | 611 | #312 |
| 1963 | 650 | #307 |
| 1962 | 651 | #303 |
| 1961 | 626 | #313 |
| 1960 | 580 | #324 |
| 1959 | 500 | #348 |
| 1958 | 461 | #357 |
| 1957 | 428 | #372 |
| 1956 | 358 | #399 |
| 1955 | 319 | #410 |
| 1954 | 292 | #418 |
| 1953 | 296 | #402 |
| 1952 | 290 | #404 |
| 1951 | 238 | #437 |
| 1950 | 214 | #450 |
| 1949 | 203 | #462 |
| 1948 | 213 | #456 |
| 1947 | 226 | #444 |
| 1946 | 188 | #465 |
| 1945 | 158 | #474 |
| 1944 | 196 | #436 |
| 1943 | 163 | #482 |
| 1942 | 159 | #486 |
| 1941 | 185 | #430 |
| 1940 | 156 | #462 |
| 1939 | 139 | #488 |
| 1938 | 141 | #487 |
| 1937 | 146 | #462 |
| 1936 | 165 | #438 |
| 1935 | 188 | #397 |
| 1934 | 127 | #517 |
| 1933 | 121 | #512 |
| 1932 | 114 | #550 |
| 1931 | 131 | #501 |
| 1930 | 76 | #718 |
| 1929 | 87 | #661 |
| 1928 | 77 | #732 |
| 1927 | 67 | #811 |
| 1926 | 69 | #783 |
| 1925 | 74 | #766 |
| 1924 | 70 | #809 |
| 1923 | 69 | #803 |
| 1922 | 61 | #882 |
| 1921 | 53 | #962 |
| 1920 | 48 | #987 |
| 1919 | 35 | #1,188 |
| 1918 | 45 | #996 |
| 1917 | 28 | #1,291 |
| 1916 | 25 | #1,374 |
| 1915 | 26 | #1,306 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,771 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,884 |
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