first name
WAYNE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 213,032 people named Wayne, 80.4% reported their origin as White, 12% as Black and 2.5% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Wayne peaked in 1947, when 10,202 babies got the name.
At least 356,422 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Wayne by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #72. The largest share of babies named Wayne, 44.1%, 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 Wayne is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Wayne has been most common in North Dakota (2.6×), South Dakota (2.6×), and Hawaii (2.5×), and least common in Nevada (0.42×).
350,599 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.
Either side of Wayne
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Wayne, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Wayne ranks #3,479 of 156,621, with 10,010 people. See Wayne as a last name
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