Wayne
Boy · WAYN · English
Wayne is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “wagon maker”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 652nd for boys in the US (422 babies).
What does Wayne mean?
English: occupational surname, from Old English waegn, wagon
“wagon maker”
From an English surname for a wagon maker or driver; the actor John Wayne helped popularise it as a first name.
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Is Wayne a girl's or a boy's name?
Wayne is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 422 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wayne in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Wayne, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,657th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 90 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Wayne since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Wayne in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1964 (#39), 1974 (#32) and 1984 (#50).
Wayne in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,657 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 14 | #1,803 |
| 2017 | 18 | #1,490 |
| 2016 | 22 | #1,309 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2014 | 28 | #1,079 |
| 2013 | 25 | #1,139 |
| 2012 | 32 | #1,003 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,338 |
| 2010 | 49 | #711 |
| 2009 | 45 | #736 |
| 2008 | 54 | #644 |
| 2007 | 47 | #676 |
| 2006 | 57 | #573 |
| 2005 | 43 | #673 |
| 2004 | 50 | #565 |
| 2003 | 44 | #582 |
| 2002 | 37 | #606 |
| 2001 | 61 | #421 |
| 2000 | 42 | #531 |
| 1999 | 54 | #450 |
| 1998 | 44 | #503 |
| 1997 | 82 | #342 |
| 1996 | 90 | #307 |
How popular is Wayne in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #652among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 422about 1 in 4,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 422 boys in the US were named Wayne, making it the 652nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 774th. Its busiest year was 1947, with 10,169 boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had more boys named Wayne than any year since 2000.
Half of all the boys named Wayne in the US since 1880 were born between 1941 and 1963, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wayne in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 422 | #652 |
| 2024 | 396 | #686 |
| 2023 | 359 | #733 |
| 2022 | 329 | #768 |
| 2021 | 318 | #778 |
| 2020 | 305 | #774 |
| 2019 | 322 | #745 |
| 2018 | 299 | #776 |
| 2017 | 281 | #809 |
| 2016 | 330 | #739 |
| 2015 | 325 | #744 |
| 2014 | 292 | #789 |
| 2013 | 301 | #756 |
| 2012 | 291 | #778 |
| 2011 | 327 | #702 |
| 2010 | 284 | #780 |
| 2009 | 304 | #752 |
| 2008 | 344 | #691 |
| 2007 | 354 | #675 |
| 2006 | 358 | #647 |
| 2005 | 319 | #667 |
| 2004 | 364 | #597 |
| 2003 | 382 | #577 |
| 2002 | 420 | #533 |
| 2001 | 421 | #527 |
| 2000 | 453 | #505 |
| 1999 | 507 | #453 |
| 1998 | 525 | #436 |
| 1997 | 515 | #436 |
| 1996 | 605 | #388 |
| 1995 | 674 | #358 |
| 1994 | 746 | #332 |
| 1993 | 834 | #318 |
| 1992 | 917 | #293 |
| 1991 | 1,031 | #263 |
| 1990 | 1,148 | #242 |
| 1989 | 1,168 | #231 |
| 1988 | 1,242 | #209 |
| 1987 | 1,298 | #200 |
| 1986 | 1,343 | #191 |
| 1985 | 1,384 | #184 |
| 1984 | 1,478 | #174 |
| 1983 | 1,529 | #171 |
| 1982 | 1,714 | #159 |
| 1981 | 1,751 | #156 |
| 1980 | 1,843 | #146 |
| 1979 | 1,831 | #149 |
| 1978 | 1,888 | #138 |
| 1977 | 1,950 | #137 |
| 1976 | 2,020 | #131 |
| 1975 | 2,134 | #120 |
| 1974 | 2,216 | #120 |
| 1973 | 2,448 | #107 |
| 1972 | 2,792 | #103 |
| 1971 | 3,331 | #92 |
| 1970 | 4,006 | #80 |
| 1969 | 3,896 | #75 |
| 1968 | 4,251 | #63 |
| 1967 | 4,470 | #62 |
| 1966 | 4,891 | #59 |
| 1965 | 5,112 | #65 |
| 1964 | 5,832 | #61 |
| 1963 | 6,031 | #63 |
| 1962 | 6,324 | #63 |
| 1961 | 6,762 | #61 |
| 1960 | 7,193 | #58 |
| 1959 | 7,878 | #51 |
| 1958 | 8,329 | #48 |
| 1957 | 8,687 | #47 |
| 1956 | 8,717 | #45 |
| 1955 | 8,728 | #44 |
| 1954 | 9,175 | #41 |
| 1953 | 8,905 | #40 |
| 1952 | 9,087 | #38 |
| 1951 | 9,327 | #37 |
| 1950 | 9,259 | #35 |
| 1949 | 8,927 | #35 |
| 1948 | 8,682 | #34 |
| 1947 | 10,169 | #30 |
| 1946 | 8,807 | #29 |
| 1945 | 6,738 | #35 |
| 1944 | 6,724 | #37 |
| 1943 | 6,761 | #41 |
| 1942 | 6,484 | #41 |
| 1941 | 6,112 | #37 |
| 1940 | 5,727 | #39 |
| 1939 | 5,653 | #39 |
| 1938 | 5,226 | #40 |
| 1937 | 4,613 | #44 |
| 1936 | 4,409 | #45 |
| 1935 | 4,057 | #49 |
| 1934 | 4,035 | #48 |
| 1933 | 3,562 | #52 |
| 1932 | 3,388 | #57 |
| 1931 | 3,217 | #58 |
| 1930 | 2,981 | #65 |
| 1929 | 2,741 | #69 |
| 1928 | 2,855 | #69 |
| 1927 | 2,882 | #67 |
| 1926 | 2,811 | #68 |
| 1925 | 2,713 | #74 |
| 1924 | 2,730 | #74 |
| 1923 | 2,597 | #75 |
| 1922 | 2,476 | #78 |
| 1921 | 2,417 | #81 |
| 1920 | 2,180 | #86 |
| 1919 | 1,955 | #90 |
| 1918 | 1,912 | #91 |
| 1917 | 1,715 | #96 |
| 1916 | 1,587 | #98 |
| 1915 | 1,517 | #97 |
| 1914 | 1,001 | #111 |
| 1913 | 760 | #113 |
| 1912 | 617 | #118 |
| 1911 | 280 | #126 |
| 1910 | 228 | #141 |
| 1909 | 163 | #153 |
| 1908 | 178 | #137 |
| 1907 | 148 | #152 |
| 1906 | 116 | #167 |
| 1905 | 107 | #177 |
| 1904 | 92 | #193 |
| 1903 | 92 | #180 |
| 1902 | 90 | #185 |
| 1901 | 87 | #170 |
| 1900 | 85 | #213 |
| 1899 | 57 | #224 |
| 1898 | 68 | #211 |
| 1897 | 51 | #243 |
| 1896 | 55 | #246 |
| 1895 | 56 | #235 |
| 1894 | 58 | #224 |
| 1893 | 55 | #229 |
| 1892 | 35 | #312 |
| 1891 | 29 | #308 |
| 1890 | 45 | #252 |
| 1889 | 32 | #305 |
| 1888 | 41 | #280 |
| 1887 | 29 | #307 |
| 1886 | 23 | #357 |
| 1885 | 24 | #355 |
| 1884 | 34 | #296 |
| 1883 | 25 | #331 |
| 1882 | 22 | #377 |
| 1881 | 30 | #289 |
| 1880 | 23 | #356 |
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