Dwaine

maleStatistical record

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

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

Dwaine: Recorded since 1987, its highest recorded position is #222, and it was last ranked in 2008.

2registrars recorded it
10times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#222highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2008

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2337
1999	#2943
2002	#2005
2004	#2304
2007	#4333
2008	#3687

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 6 of the 12 years from 1997 to 2008.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1987–2008 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1987
First recorded at #222 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1987 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1987–1995
Highest recorded position: #222 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1987 (recorded 1987–1995).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2008
Most recently recorded at #3687 among boys in England and Wales, in 2008.
England and Wales · Boys

Dwaine appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 6 ranked years and 26 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1987.

Dwaine 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.

Dwaine'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	#2337 (1997)	#2005 (2002)	#3687 (2008)	6 of 12	26 (1997–2008)	6 (2002)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#222 (1987)	#222 (1987)	#334 (1995)	4 of 9	16 (1987–1995)	7 (1987)

Dwaine 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 1987 to 2008. Highest recorded position: #222 in Republic of Ireland in 1987.

Dwaine'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
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#323	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#319	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	7	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 1987 and 2008, ranked in 10 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 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 10 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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
2 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#3,687position in 2008, its most recent recorded year
10 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 6 to 10 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.

Dusty · #860, 17y
Dwain · #222, 12y
Dwane · #213, 13y
Dwayne · #98, 52y

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.

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

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Rebecka · #222, 30y
Shaunagh · #220, 13y
Weronika · #219, 43y
Kristopher · #227, 37y

Dwaine 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.

Dwaine 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 Dwaine without appearing here.

Dwaine moved ahead of

Shannon Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4333 and #3589 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #3687 and #4432.
Tor Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4333 and #2435 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #3687 and #4432.

Moved ahead of Dwaine

Mathias Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2337 and #2859 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #2943 and #1850.
Madison Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2005 and #2636 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #2304 and #1878.

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 1987 to 2008. Highest recorded position: #222 in Republic of Ireland in 1987. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Dwaine

Dwaine at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dwaine across 2 official records

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Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

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Dwaine at a glance

Dwaine 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 1980s

Names published alongside Dwaine

Dwaine and the names beside it

Dwaine moved ahead of

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