Duwayne
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- doo-WAYN
- Origin
- Irish
Duwayne 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 Duwayne mean?
Irish: spelling of Dwayne, from Irish Ó Dubháin
“little dark one”
Dwayne comes from an Irish surname meaning 'descendant of Dubhán', a name built on dubh, 'dark'.
Is Duwayne a girl's or a boy's name?
Duwayne is a boys' name.
How popular is Duwayne in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1960, with 82 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the boys named Duwayne in the US since 1880 were born between 1940 and 1969, the years shaded on the chart below.
Duwayne in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 22 | #2,594 |
| 1987 | 25 | #2,268 |
| 1986 | 23 | #2,358 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,596 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,576 |
| 1982 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1981 | 20 | #2,417 |
| 1980 | 28 | #1,965 |
| 1979 | 32 | #1,753 |
| 1978 | 32 | #1,688 |
| 1977 | 32 | #1,670 |
| 1976 | 52 | #1,190 |
| 1975 | 34 | #1,529 |
| 1974 | 38 | #1,388 |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,268 |
| 1972 | 43 | #1,262 |
| 1971 | 41 | #1,309 |
| 1970 | 48 | #1,192 |
| 1969 | 54 | #1,050 |
| 1968 | 57 | #968 |
| 1967 | 55 | #981 |
| 1966 | 64 | #901 |
| 1965 | 73 | #859 |
| 1964 | 58 | #989 |
| 1963 | 61 | #960 |
| 1962 | 63 | #952 |
| 1961 | 72 | #900 |
| 1960 | 82 | #834 |
| 1959 | 75 | #887 |
| 1958 | 78 | #854 |
| 1957 | 64 | #943 |
| 1956 | 66 | #916 |
| 1955 | 64 | #932 |
| 1954 | 62 | #938 |
| 1953 | 59 | #931 |
| 1952 | 64 | #877 |
| 1951 | 57 | #928 |
| 1950 | 55 | #925 |
| 1949 | 57 | #910 |
| 1948 | 66 | #837 |
| 1947 | 63 | #877 |
| 1946 | 60 | #848 |
| 1945 | 56 | #837 |
| 1944 | 62 | #797 |
| 1943 | 62 | #837 |
| 1942 | 53 | #910 |
| 1941 | 46 | #938 |
| 1940 | 62 | #788 |
| 1939 | 64 | #754 |
| 1938 | 63 | #770 |
| 1937 | 53 | #835 |
| 1936 | 47 | #893 |
| 1935 | 68 | #741 |
| 1934 | 66 | #751 |
| 1933 | 44 | #946 |
| 1932 | 55 | #862 |
| 1931 | 52 | #887 |
| 1930 | 51 | #944 |
| 1929 | 49 | #960 |
| 1928 | 37 | #1,165 |
| 1927 | 26 | #1,468 |
| 1926 | 40 | #1,124 |
| 1925 | 19 | #1,805 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,043 |
| 1923 | 25 | #1,502 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,644 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,501 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,335 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,062 |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
Names like Duwayne
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dwayne Dewayne Wayne David Donald Kenneth Dennis Dean Douglas Kevin Danny Tyrone
Names related to Duwayne
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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, “Duwayne: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/duwayne, updated 20 October 2026.