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Dewayne Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Dewayne?

In 2018 the rare name Dewayne, ranked the 2,089th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Dewayne is currently less popular.

Position 303, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1966.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 1962 with 651 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Dewayne was less than 5, most recently in 1911.

Dewayne, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1911-1918, 1919-1923, 1926-1931, 1932-1935, 1938-1941, 1949-1952, and 1953-1960, whereas 1989-1993, 2009-2012, and 2013-2016 were years of successive downward movement.

The popularity trend for Dewayne has steadily decreased for a while. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Dewayne lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Dewayne?

Dewayne's popularity is at a very low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Dewayne is quite distinctive and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Dewayne has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Dewayne (Girl)Dewayne (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 < 5 -- 67 2,089
2017 < 5 -- 90 1,721
2016 < 5 -- 83 1,810
2015 < 5 -- 102 1,575
2014 < 5 -- 108 1,493
2013 < 5 -- 115 1,432
2012 < 5 -- 115 1,440
2011 < 5 -- 128 1,325
2010 < 5 -- 145 1,219
2009 < 5 -- 150 1,204
2008 < 5 -- 157 1,156
2007 < 5 -- 164 1,112
2006 < 5 -- 146 1,155
2005 < 5 -- 151 1,096
2004 < 5 -- 153 1,051
2003 < 5 -- 147 1,054
2002 < 5 -- 149 1,028
2001 < 5 -- 153 998
2000 < 5 -- 184 862
1999 < 5 -- 169 893
1998 < 5 -- 168 864
1997 < 5 -- 173 835
1996 < 5 -- 157 874
1995 < 5 -- 198 765
1994 < 5 -- 177 798
1993 < 5 -- 184 776
1992 < 5 -- 247 663
1991 < 5 -- 265 627
1990 < 5 -- 245 647
1989 < 5 -- 286 578
1988 5 12,310 267 567
1987 < 5 -- 304 514
1986 < 5 -- 300 507
1985 < 5 -- 313 490
1984 5 10,827 335 461
1983 6 9,331 317 470
1982 8 7,655 398 420
1981 11 5,980 378 431
1980 5 10,800 441 391
1979 8 7,488 433 387
1978 5 10,158 460 360
1977 < 5 -- 526 341
1976 < 5 -- 472 353
1975 8 6,662 476 353
1974 < 5 -- 425 370
1973 < 5 -- 521 330
1972 < 5 -- 531 334
1971 7 6,769 543 338
1970 < 5 -- 555 343
1969 10 4,793 536 337
1968 < 5 -- 524 334
1967 6 6,207 510 333
1966 < 5 -- 601 303
1965 < 5 -- 586 315
1964 < 5 -- 611 312
1963 5 6,839 648 309
1962 < 5 -- 651 305
1961 6 5,998 629 313
1960 < 5 -- 578 324
1959 < 5 -- 498 348
1958 6 5,580 463 356
1957 < 5 -- 427 373
1956 < 5 -- 357 399
1955 < 5 -- 321 411
1954 < 5 -- 292 419
1953 < 5 -- 296 403
1952 < 5 -- 290 405
1951 < 5 -- 238 438
1950 < 5 -- 214 451
1949 < 5 -- 203 463
1948 < 5 -- 213 456
1947 < 5 -- 226 445
1946 < 5 -- 188 465
1945 < 5 -- 158 474
1944 < 5 -- 196 436
1943 < 5 -- 163 482
1942 < 5 -- 159 486
1941 < 5 -- 185 430
1940 < 5 -- 156 463
1939 < 5 -- 139 488
1938 6 3,946 141 488
1937 < 5 -- 146 461
1936 < 5 -- 165 438
1935 < 5 -- 188 397
1934 < 5 -- 127 518
1933 < 5 -- 121 513
1932 < 5 -- 114 550
1931 < 5 -- 131 501
1930 < 5 -- 76 719
1929 < 5 -- 87 661
1928 < 5 -- 77 733
1927 < 5 -- 67 813
1926 < 5 -- 69 787
1925 < 5 -- 74 768
1924 < 5 -- 70 810
1923 < 5 -- 69 806
1922 < 5 -- 61 885
1921 < 5 -- 53 962
1920 < 5 -- 48 993
1919 < 5 -- 35 1,194
1918 < 5 -- 45 999
1917 < 5 -- 28 1,303
1916 < 5 -- 25 1,385
1915 < 5 -- 26 1,314
1914 < 5 -- 13 1,802
1913 < 5 -- 5 2,931
1912 < 5 -- 8 1,924
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.