first name
DWAIN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,473 people named Dwain, 64.6% reported their origin as White, 28.8% as Black and 3.1% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Dwain peaked in 1959, when 258 babies got the name.
At least 7,581 babies have been given the name since 1913. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Dwain by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #1,258. The largest share of babies named Dwain, 40.9%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Dwain is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Dwain has been most common in Nebraska (3.9×), Louisiana (2.5×), and Iowa (2.5×), and least common in New York (0.37×).
3,791 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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2 other first names also have 4,473 people.
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4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dwain, most common first.
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