Dwane
Boy · DWAYN · Irish
Dwane 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 Dwane 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'.
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Is Dwane a girl's or a boy's name?
Dwane is a boys' name.
How popular is Dwane in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1963, with 102 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Dwane in the US since 1880 were born between 1944 and 1972, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dwane in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,452 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 22 | #2,594 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 24 | #2,158 |
| 1983 | 36 | #1,630 |
| 1982 | 28 | #1,928 |
| 1981 | 21 | #2,337 |
| 1980 | 36 | #1,619 |
| 1979 | 38 | #1,532 |
| 1978 | 48 | #1,299 |
| 1977 | 49 | #1,268 |
| 1976 | 47 | #1,286 |
| 1975 | 38 | #1,429 |
| 1974 | 35 | #1,471 |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,268 |
| 1972 | 46 | #1,210 |
| 1971 | 43 | #1,272 |
| 1970 | 66 | #1,000 |
| 1969 | 68 | #920 |
| 1968 | 54 | #1,006 |
| 1967 | 51 | #1,018 |
| 1966 | 67 | #883 |
| 1965 | 68 | #890 |
| 1964 | 83 | #831 |
| 1963 | 102 | #760 |
| 1962 | 70 | #906 |
| 1961 | 78 | #866 |
| 1960 | 79 | #851 |
| 1959 | 71 | #905 |
| 1958 | 80 | #843 |
| 1957 | 64 | #943 |
| 1956 | 57 | #985 |
| 1955 | 54 | #1,021 |
| 1954 | 57 | #984 |
| 1953 | 49 | #1,032 |
| 1952 | 47 | #1,054 |
| 1951 | 44 | #1,082 |
| 1950 | 29 | #1,339 |
| 1949 | 35 | #1,204 |
| 1948 | 42 | #1,090 |
| 1947 | 42 | #1,115 |
| 1946 | 44 | #1,031 |
| 1945 | 34 | #1,121 |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,369 |
| 1943 | 31 | #1,240 |
| 1942 | 34 | #1,193 |
| 1941 | 32 | #1,169 |
| 1940 | 37 | #1,067 |
| 1939 | 27 | #1,272 |
| 1938 | 36 | #1,076 |
| 1937 | 47 | #906 |
| 1936 | 33 | #1,142 |
| 1935 | 51 | #881 |
| 1934 | 40 | #1,024 |
| 1933 | 39 | #1,028 |
| 1932 | 33 | #1,175 |
| 1931 | 36 | #1,128 |
| 1930 | 38 | #1,132 |
| 1929 | 33 | #1,214 |
| 1928 | 32 | #1,272 |
| 1927 | 24 | #1,561 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,466 |
| 1925 | 18 | #1,869 |
| 1924 | 25 | #1,532 |
| 1923 | 25 | #1,502 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,142 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,703 |
| 1920 | 9 | #2,966 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
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