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Dwan

Boy · DWAHN · Irish

Dwan is a boys' name of Irish origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Dwan come from?

Irish: probably a variant of Dwayne or Duane, from Irish Dubhán

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Is Dwan a girl's or a boy's name?

Dwan is a boys' name.

How popular is Dwan in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1983, with 66 boys. It first appears in the records in 1924.

Half of all the boys named Dwan in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 1963, 63% of the babies named Dwan in the US were girls. By 1989 it was 17%, with more boys than girls since 1985.

1924Busiest: 66 in 19832023
Dwan in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20235#12,232
20220–
20210–
20200–
20190–
20180–
20175#12,241
20165#12,180
20159#8,035
20149#8,124
20136#10,722
20127#9,703
20119#8,072
201015#5,737
200915#5,796
20087#9,864
200712#6,618
200612#6,455
200511#6,628
200417#4,788
20036#9,574
200217#4,496
200117#4,470
200021#3,758
199919#3,829
199822#3,386
199720#3,450
199620#3,400
199531#2,439
199420#3,320
199317#3,655
199219#3,331
199116#3,629
199022#2,859
198930#2,239
198827#2,250
198719#2,721
198621#2,508
198533#1,793
198427#1,978
198366#1,095
198218#2,595
198123#2,203
198024#2,162
197926#1,991
197831#1,718
197744#1,367
197651#1,210
197528#1,752
197425#1,832
197325#1,782
197214#2,533
197130#1,596
197028#1,614
196919#1,913
196810#2,734
196713#2,241
196613#2,215
196511#2,474
196417#1,974
196311#2,538
196214#2,185
196111#2,536
19608#3,075
19598#3,036
19587#3,273
195713#2,273
195616#2,014
19556#3,503
195414#2,113
195310#2,530
19520–
19510–
19509#2,579
19490–
19480–
19470–
19465#3,523
19450–
19440–
19430–
19420–
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19360–
19350–
19340–
19330–
19320–
19310–
19300–
19290–
19280–
19270–
19260–
19250–
19245#4,345

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