Dwayne

maleStatistical record

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

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

Dwayne: Recorded every year since 1973, it reached #98 in 1978, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
67times a registrar ranked it
52years from first to last
#98highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Dwayne's record

Ranked every year since 1973, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#573
1997	#661
1998	#738
1999	#1130
2000	#773
2001	#910
2002	#950
2003	#1132
2004	#970
2005	#1095
2006	#1048
2007	#952
2008	#1294
2009	#1358
2010	#1620
2011	#1158
2012	#1191
2013	#1462
2014	#1223
2015	#1186
2016	#1431
2017	#1627
2018	#1533
2019	#2728
2020	#1935
2021	#1984
2022	#2320
2023	#1701
2024	#3688

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 Republic of Ireland in 37 of the 47 years from 1973 to 2019.

In 2019: #764 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2728 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1973–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1973
First recorded at #238 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1973 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Dwayne appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 37 years beginning in 1973, and has registered 285 births with the name.

Dwayne 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.

Dwayne'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
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#238 (1973)	#160 (1988)	#764 (2019)	37 of 47	285 (1973–2019)	17 (1988)
England and Wales · Boys	#573 (1996)	#573 (1996)	#3688 (2024)	29 of 29	506 (1996–2024)	29 (1996)

Dwayne by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Dwayne in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	45	7 of 10	6
1980sbusiest	116	10 of 10	12
1990s	73	7 of 10	10
2000s	31	8 of 10	4
2010s	20	5 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Dwayne 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 3 regions, from 1973 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #98 in New Zealand in 1978.

Dwayne'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1701	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1984	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2728	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1627	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1431	18	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1186	22	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1223	21	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1462	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1191	22	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1158	22	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1620	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1358	17	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1294	18	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#952	26	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1048	21	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1095	19	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#970	21	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1132	15	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#950	18	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#910	18	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#773	22	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1130	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#738	22	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#661	25	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#573	29	High	Verified
1978	New Zealand	male	#98	57	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#468	7	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#605	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#532	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#393	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#379	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#164	17	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#225	8	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#213	9	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#192	12	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#186	12	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#185	12	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#165	16	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#160	17	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#166	16	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#167	15	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#218	7	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#217	8	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#209	9	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#196	11	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#217	9	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	8	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#228	8	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#223	8	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	7	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#241	6	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#265	5	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#238	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
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 3 registrars between 1973 and 2024, ranked in 52 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #98, first reached in 1978.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 57 births, registered in New Zealand in 1978.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1978, and 23 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.

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

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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

Teodor · #98, 39y
Doireann · #99, 50y
Szymon · #99, 50y
Annabel · #100, 35y

Dwayne was ranked #98 in New Zealand · Boys in 1978. 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.

Dwayne 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 Dwayne without appearing here.

Dwayne moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1701 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Grant Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2728 and #1869 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1935 and #3334.
Brett Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1935 and #1935 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1984 and #2301.
Garry Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1130 and #750 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #773 and #1048.

Moved ahead of Dwayne

Rune Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1701 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #1460.
Andrea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1701 and #2007 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #1859.
Lars Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1701 and #2160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #1859.
Darragh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1533 and #1991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #2728 and #974.

Moved the opposite way to Dwayne

Aaron Compare
Between 1973 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dwayne went from #238 to #764 while Aaron went from #157 to #33.
Adam Compare
Between 1973 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dwayne went from #238 to #764 while Adam went from #143 to #6.
Alex Compare
Between 1973 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dwayne went from #238 to #764 while Alex went from #268 to #14.
Alexander Compare
Between 1973 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dwayne went from #238 to #764 while Alexander went from #145 to #36.

Moved the same way as Dwayne

Adrian Compare
Between 1973 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dwayne went from #238 to #764 and Adrian from #43 to #199.
Alfred Compare
Between 1973 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dwayne went from #238 to #764 and Alfred from #254 to #646.
Daithi Compare
Between 1973 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dwayne went from #238 to #764 and Daithi from #320 to #564.
Denis Compare
Between 1973 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dwayne went from #238 to #764 and Denis from #42 to #148.

What's not yet available

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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 3 regions, from 1973 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #98 in New Zealand in 1978. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Dwayne

Dwayne at a glance

What stands out in Dwayne's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dwayne across 2 official records

Dwayne by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Dwayne appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Dwayne at a glance

What stands out in Dwayne's record

Dwayne across 2 official records

Dwayne by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Dwayne appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Dwayne

Dwayne and the names beside it

Dwayne moved ahead of

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