Dwain

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Dwain: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Dwain: Recorded since 1979, it reached #222 in 1987, and it was last ranked in 2009.

2registrars recorded it
12times a registrar ranked it
31years from first to last
#222highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2009

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1998	#2074
2001	#1949
2003	#3467
2005	#3208
2007	#4333
2009	#3744

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 7 of the 14 years from 1996 to 2009.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1979–2009 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1979
First recorded at #324 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1979 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1979–1990
Highest recorded position: #222 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1987 (recorded 1979–1990).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2009
Most recently recorded at #3744 among boys in England and Wales, in 2009.
England and Wales · Boys

Dwain appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 7 ranked years and 28 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1979.

Dwain across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Dwain's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#1949 (2001)	#3744 (2009)	7 of 14	28 (1996–2009)	6 (2001)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#324 (1979)	#222 (1987)	#323 (1990)	5 of 12	20 (1979–1990)	7 (1987)

Dwain appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1979 to 2009. Highest recorded position: #222 in Republic of Ireland in 1987.

Dwain's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#323	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	7	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1979 and 2009, ranked in 12 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #222, first reached in 1987.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1987.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 17 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
2 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
10separate stretches the record falls into10 or more separate stretches →
6 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#3,744position in 2009, its most recent recorded year
17 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
7births registered in its largest year, 1987Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Dustin · #322, 18y
Dusty · #860, 17y
Dwaine · #222, 10y
Dwane · #213, 13y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Dwaine · #222, 10y
Shaunagh · #220, 13y
Fionnula · #218, 15y
Mervin · #218, 12y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Olan · #222, 41y
Viktorija · #223, 44y
Daria · #224, 47y
Elma · #224, 41y

Dwain was ranked #222 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1987. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Dwain and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Dwain without appearing here.

Dwain moved ahead of

Kristoffer Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4333 and #4333 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #3744 and #4527.

Moved ahead of Dwain

Ole Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1949 and #3134 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #3467 and #1771.
Isak Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2074 and #2419 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #1949 and #1949.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1979 to 2009. Highest recorded position: #222 in Republic of Ireland in 1987. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Dwain

Dwain at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dwain across 2 official records

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Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Dwain

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Dwain at a glance

Dwain across 2 official records

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What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Dwain

Dwain and the names beside it

Dwain moved ahead of

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