Dwain
Dwain is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. Its best rank was 488th, in 1959.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1959257 births
- Best rank
- #488in 1959
- Since 1913
- 7,581people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,581 boys have been named Dwain in the United States since 1913, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1959, with 257 births.
The name has all but left use: 6 births in 2024, against 257 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1956, and the 1950s alone account for 22%. It has spent 52 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Dwain | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 144 | |
| 1920s | 597 | |
| 1930s | 977 | |
| 1940s | 1,064 | |
| 1950s | 1,698 | |
| 1960s | 1,456 | |
| 1970s | 764 | |
| 1980s | 412 | |
| 1990s | 221 | |
| 2000s | 115 | |
| 2010s | 104 | |
| 2020s | 29 |
In 1959, its biggest year
Dwain was the 488th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1959 were Michael, David, James, John and Robert. See all of 1959.
Names that rose and fell with Dwain
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Duanepeak 1959
- Dwainepeak 1959
- Kennithpeak 1956
- Darrelpeak 1960
- Duwaynepeak 1960
- Derylpeak 1957
- Dalepeak 1958
- Dwanepeak 1963
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.