Wayne
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
#652
recorded as boys
Up 34 since 2024
Babies in 2025
422
boys 422
Peak year
1947
10,169 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
356,422
since 1880
Born a Wayne? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Wayne was most popular in 1947, when 10,169 babies recorded as boys got the name (5.6 per 1,000). In 2025, 422 babies were named Wayne, ranking #652 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 32%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 422 | 652 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 396 | 686 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 359 | 733 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 329 | 768 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 318 | 778 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 305 | 774 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 322 | 745 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 299 | 776 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 281 | 809 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 330 | 739 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 325 | 744 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 292 | 789 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 301 | 756 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 291 | 778 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 327 | 702 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 284 | 780 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 304 | 752 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 344 | 691 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 354 | 675 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 358 | 647 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 319 | 667 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 364 | 597 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 382 | 577 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 420 | 533 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 421 | 527 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 453 | 505 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 507 | 453 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 525 | 436 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 515 | 436 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 605 | 388 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 674 | 358 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 746 | 332 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 834 | 318 |
| 1992 | 5 | 13317 | 917 | 293 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 1,031 | 263 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 1,148 | 242 |
| 1989 | 8 | 8761 | 1,168 | 231 |
| 1988 | 16 | 5065 | 1,242 | 209 |
| 1987 | 14 | 5312 | 1,298 | 200 |
| 1986 | 17 | 4539 | 1,343 | 191 |
| 1985 | 14 | 5077 | 1,384 | 184 |
| 1984 | 15 | 4737 | 1,478 | 174 |
| 1983 | 25 | 3242 | 1,529 | 171 |
| 1982 | 12 | 5534 | 1,714 | 159 |
| 1981 | 7 | 8128 | 1,751 | 156 |
| 1980 | 8 | 7418 | 1,843 | 146 |
| 1979 | 8 | 7313 | 1,831 | 149 |
| 1978 | 18 | 3924 | 1,888 | 138 |
| 1977 | 18 | 3911 | 1,950 | 137 |
| 1976 | 11 | 5215 | 2,020 | 131 |
| 1975 | 13 | 4593 | 2,134 | 120 |
| 1974 | 23 | 3008 | 2,216 | 120 |
| 1973 | 14 | 4155 | 2,448 | 107 |
| 1972 | 14 | 4091 | 2,792 | 103 |
| 1971 | 19 | 3373 | 3,331 | 92 |
| 1970 | 28 | 2577 | 4,006 | 80 |
| 1969 | 21 | 2917 | 3,896 | 75 |
| 1968 | 14 | 3610 | 4,251 | 63 |
| 1967 | 18 | 2963 | 4,470 | 62 |
| 1966 | 23 | 2519 | 4,891 | 59 |
| 1965 | 20 | 2744 | 5,112 | 65 |
| 1964 | 23 | 2600 | 5,832 | 61 |
| 1963 | 22 | 2619 | 6,031 | 63 |
| 1962 | 29 | 2210 | 6,324 | 63 |
| 1961 | 27 | 2299 | 6,762 | 61 |
| 1960 | 25 | 2369 | 7,193 | 58 |
| 1959 | 33 | 1951 | 7,878 | 51 |
| 1958 | 28 | 2117 | 8,329 | 48 |
| 1957 | 28 | 2067 | 8,687 | 47 |
| 1956 | 33 | 1871 | 8,717 | 45 |
| 1955 | 28 | 2024 | 8,728 | 44 |
| 1954 | 37 | 1677 | 9,175 | 41 |
| 1953 | 29 | 1872 | 8,905 | 40 |
| 1952 | 18 | 2502 | 9,087 | 38 |
| 1951 | 21 | 2182 | 9,327 | 37 |
| 1950 | 19 | 2253 | 9,259 | 35 |
| 1949 | 28 | 1807 | 8,927 | 35 |
| 1948 | 17 | 2416 | 8,682 | 34 |
| 1947 | 33 | 1661 | 10,169 | 30 |
| 1946 | 19 | 2153 | 8,807 | 29 |
| 1945 | 12 | 2598 | 6,738 | 35 |
| 1944 | 15 | 2287 | 6,724 | 37 |
| 1943 | 21 | 1900 | 6,761 | 41 |
| 1942 | 21 | 1860 | 6,484 | 41 |
| 1941 | 20 | 1810 | 6,112 | 37 |
| 1940 | 20 | 1792 | 5,727 | 39 |
| 1939 | 25 | 1514 | 5,653 | 39 |
| 1938 | 30 | 1343 | 5,226 | 40 |
| 1937 | 23 | 1580 | 4,613 | 44 |
| 1936 | 15 | 2032 | 4,409 | 45 |
| 1935 | 22 | 1606 | 4,057 | 49 |
| 1934 | 15 | 2087 | 4,035 | 48 |
| 1933 | 30 | 1311 | 3,562 | 52 |
| 1932 | 26 | 1488 | 3,388 | 57 |
| 1931 | 23 | 1594 | 3,217 | 58 |
| 1930 | 28 | 1460 | 2,981 | 65 |
| 1929 | 29 | 1419 | 2,741 | 69 |
| 1928 | 29 | 1469 | 2,855 | 69 |
| 1927 | 30 | 1486 | 2,882 | 67 |
| 1926 | 17 | 2165 | 2,811 | 68 |
| 1925 | 21 | 1891 | 2,713 | 74 |
| 1924 | 23 | 1811 | 2,730 | 74 |
| 1923 | 24 | 1736 | 2,597 | 75 |
| 1922 | 17 | 2186 | 2,476 | 78 |
| 1921 | 22 | 1867 | 2,417 | 81 |
| 1920 | 20 | 1952 | 2,180 | 86 |
| 1919 | 20 | 1855 | 1,955 | 90 |
| 1918 | 23 | 1690 | 1,912 | 91 |
| 1917 | 17 | 1996 | 1,715 | 96 |
| 1916 | 14 | 2246 | 1,587 | 98 |
| 1915 | 16 | 1964 | 1,517 | 97 |
| 1914 | 6 | 3188 | 1,001 | 111 |
| 1913 | 11 | 1883 | 760 | 113 |
| 1912 | 7 | 2360 | 617 | 118 |
| 1911 | 6 | 2191 | 280 | 126 |
| 1910 | 6 | 2140 | 228 | 141 |
| 1909 | <5 | — | 163 | 153 |
| 1908 | <5 | — | 178 | 137 |
| 1907 | <5 | — | 148 | 152 |
| 1906 | <5 | — | 116 | 167 |
| 1905 | <5 | — | 107 | 177 |
| 1904 | <5 | — | 92 | 193 |
| 1903 | <5 | — | 92 | 180 |
| 1902 | <5 | — | 90 | 185 |
| 1901 | <5 | — | 87 | 170 |
| 1900 | <5 | — | 85 | 213 |
| 1899 | <5 | — | 57 | 224 |
| 1898 | <5 | — | 68 | 211 |
| 1897 | <5 | — | 51 | 243 |
| 1896 | <5 | — | 55 | 246 |
| 1895 | <5 | — | 56 | 235 |
| 1894 | <5 | — | 58 | 224 |
| 1893 | <5 | — | 55 | 229 |
| 1892 | <5 | — | 35 | 312 |
| 1891 | <5 | — | 29 | 308 |
| 1890 | <5 | — | 45 | 252 |
| 1889 | <5 | — | 32 | 305 |
| 1888 | <5 | — | 41 | 280 |
| 1887 | <5 | — | 29 | 307 |
| 1886 | <5 | — | 23 | 357 |
| 1885 | <5 | — | 24 | 355 |
| 1884 | <5 | — | 34 | 296 |
| 1883 | <5 | — | 25 | 331 |
| 1882 | <5 | — | 22 | 377 |
| 1881 | <5 | — | 30 | 289 |
| 1880 | <5 | — | 23 | 356 |
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Where Wayne is most popular
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls <1% · boys 100% across all years