Dwyane
Boy · DWAYN · Irish
Dwyane 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 Dwyane mean?
Irish: spelling of Dwayne, from Irish Ó Dubháin
“little dark one”
This spelling is best known from basketball star Dwyane Wade.
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Is Dwyane a girl's or a boy's name?
Dwyane is a boys' name.
How popular is Dwyane in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1962, with 59 boys. It first appears in the records in 1938.
Half of all the boys named Dwyane in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 1978, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dwyane in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 20 | #2,279 |
| 1977 | 19 | #2,361 |
| 1976 | 33 | #1,607 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,360 |
| 1974 | 20 | #2,129 |
| 1973 | 28 | #1,653 |
| 1972 | 37 | #1,391 |
| 1971 | 32 | #1,525 |
| 1970 | 42 | #1,278 |
| 1969 | 32 | #1,414 |
| 1968 | 29 | #1,454 |
| 1967 | 40 | #1,180 |
| 1966 | 34 | #1,298 |
| 1965 | 46 | #1,094 |
| 1964 | 54 | #1,025 |
| 1963 | 56 | #1,011 |
| 1962 | 59 | #995 |
| 1961 | 57 | #1,034 |
| 1960 | 51 | #1,082 |
| 1959 | 20 | #1,805 |
| 1958 | 23 | #1,643 |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,374 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,014 |
| 1955 | 16 | #1,978 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 16 | #1,957 |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 8 | #2,573 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
Names like Dwyane
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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