Meaning not yet researched.
Wayne: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 422 in 2025. Its best rank was #29 in 1946.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #29 in 1946; #655 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Wayne in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#655 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1946, at #29.
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Wayne: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 422 boys in 2025. Peak: #29 in 1946 · most boys in one year: 10,169 (1947).
In 2025, 422 US boys were named Wayne, making it the 655th most common boys’ name of the year, up 31 places from #686 in 2024. That is 26 more than the 396 boys named Wayne in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #29, reached in 1946. The most boys given the name in a single year was 10,169, in 1947. For comparison, it was #744 in 2015 and #35 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Wayne in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 23 babies with the name. In all, 356,422 US babies have been given the name, 0.5% of them girls and 99.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 88,366 babies named Wayne.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,361 US boys were named Wayne; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 422. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,048 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Wayne ranked highest in Wyoming in 2025, at #88 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Rarer spellings such as Wane, Waine and Wain are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Wane (160), Waine (36), Wain (21), Wan (15), Waynne (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Wayne in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 21 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | 6 | #88 | — |
| Alaska | 5 | #199 | — |
| Oregon | 12 | #349 | — |
| Nebraska | 7 | #376 | — |
| Michigan | 23 | #390 | #594 |
| Indiana | 16 | #451 | #1,010 |
| Utah | 10 | #470 | — |
| Minnesota | 11 | #509 | — |
| Missouri | 12 | #516 | #560 |
| Kansas | 7 | #520 | — |
| Kentucky | 9 | #521 | — |
| Washington | 14 | #528 | #752 |
| Ohio | 20 | #536 | #510 |
| Oklahoma | 8 | #548 | #804 |
| Wisconsin | 9 | #565 | #671 |
| Colorado | 10 | #569 | #891 |
| Pennsylvania | 17 | #574 | #505 |
| Nevada | 5 | #596 | — |
| Florida | 29 | #601 | #653 |
| South Carolina | 7 | #666 | — |
| Virginia | 10 | #724 | #782 |
| Illinois | 12 | #746 | #832 |
| Texas | 37 | #747 | #1,064 |
| Tennessee | 9 | #769 | #910 |
| California | 30 | #829 | #821 |
| Arizona | 6 | #921 | #1,008 |
| Georgia | 9 | #983 | #994 |
| New York | 13 | #988 | #855 |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,138 | #754 |
| New Jersey | 5 | #1,173 | #1,103 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 422 | #655 |
| 2024 | — | — | 396 | #686 |
| 2023 | — | — | 359 | #734 |
| 2022 | — | — | 329 | #770 |
| 2021 | — | — | 318 | #779 |
| 2020 | — | — | 305 | #775 |
| 2019 | — | — | 322 | #745 |
| 2018 | — | — | 299 | #778 |
| 2017 | — | — | 281 | #810 |
| 2016 | — | — | 330 | #740 |
| 2015 | — | — | 325 | #744 |
| 2014 | — | — | 292 | #789 |
| 2013 | — | — | 301 | #756 |
| 2012 | — | — | 291 | #781 |
| 2011 | — | — | 327 | #702 |
| 2010 | — | — | 284 | #780 |
| 2009 | — | — | 304 | #754 |
| 2008 | — | — | 344 | #692 |
| 2007 | — | — | 354 | #675 |
| 2006 | — | — | 358 | #649 |
| 2005 | — | — | 319 | #667 |
| 2004 | — | — | 364 | #598 |
| 2003 | — | — | 382 | #580 |
| 2002 | — | — | 420 | #533 |
| 2001 | — | — | 421 | #527 |
| 2000 | — | — | 453 | #506 |
| 1999 | — | — | 507 | #453 |
| 1998 | — | — | 525 | #436 |
| 1997 | — | — | 515 | #436 |
| 1996 | — | — | 605 | #389 |
| 1995 | — | — | 674 | #358 |
| 1994 | — | — | 746 | #333 |
| 1993 | — | — | 834 | #318 |
| 1992 | 5 | #15,553 | 917 | #293 |
| 1991 | — | — | 1,031 | #263 |
| 1990 | — | — | 1,148 | #242 |
| 1989 | 8 | #9,655 | 1,168 | #231 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,315 | 1,242 | #209 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,606 | 1,298 | #200 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,721 | 1,343 | #191 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,340 | 1,384 | #184 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,962 | 1,478 | #174 |
| 1983 | 25 | #3,338 | 1,529 | #171 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,900 | 1,714 | #159 |
| 1981 | 7 | #9,086 | 1,751 | #156 |
| 1980 | 8 | #8,156 | 1,843 | #146 |
| 1979 | 8 | #8,046 | 1,831 | #149 |
| 1978 | 18 | #4,078 | 1,888 | #138 |
| 1977 | 18 | #4,065 | 1,950 | #138 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,591 | 2,020 | #131 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,846 | 2,134 | #120 |
| 1974 | 23 | #3,105 | 2,216 | #120 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,355 | 2,448 | #107 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,295 | 2,792 | #103 |
| 1971 | 19 | #3,504 | 3,331 | #92 |
| 1970 | 28 | #2,644 | 4,006 | #80 |
| 1969 | 21 | #3,008 | 3,896 | #75 |
| 1968 | 14 | #3,783 | 4,251 | #63 |
| 1967 | 18 | #3,081 | 4,470 | #62 |
| 1966 | 23 | #2,583 | 4,891 | #59 |
| 1965 | 20 | #2,832 | 5,112 | #65 |
| 1964 | 23 | #2,672 | 5,832 | #61 |
| 1963 | 22 | #2,702 | 6,031 | #63 |
| 1962 | 29 | #2,261 | 6,324 | #63 |
| 1961 | 27 | #2,356 | 6,762 | #61 |
| 1960 | 25 | #2,431 | 7,193 | #58 |
| 1959 | 33 | #1,983 | 7,878 | #51 |
| 1958 | 28 | #2,164 | 8,329 | #48 |
| 1957 | 28 | #2,119 | 8,687 | #47 |
| 1956 | 33 | #1,896 | 8,717 | #45 |
| 1955 | 28 | #2,059 | 8,728 | #44 |
| 1954 | 37 | #1,701 | 9,175 | #41 |
| 1953 | 29 | #1,930 | 8,905 | #40 |
| 1952 | 18 | #2,578 | 9,087 | #38 |
| 1951 | 21 | #2,244 | 9,327 | #37 |
| 1950 | 19 | #2,338 | 9,259 | #35 |
| 1949 | 28 | #1,844 | 8,927 | #35 |
| 1948 | 17 | #2,488 | 8,682 | #34 |
| 1947 | 33 | #1,696 | 10,169 | #30 |
| 1946 | 19 | #2,227 | 8,807 | #29 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,739 | 6,738 | #35 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,397 | 6,724 | #37 |
| 1943 | 21 | #1,946 | 6,761 | #41 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,915 | 6,484 | #41 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,880 | 6,112 | #37 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,843 | 5,727 | #39 |
| 1939 | 25 | #1,542 | 5,653 | #39 |
| 1938 | 30 | #1,381 | 5,226 | #40 |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,629 | 4,613 | #44 |
| 1936 | 15 | #2,147 | 4,409 | #45 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,660 | 4,057 | #49 |
| 1934 | 15 | #2,184 | 4,035 | #48 |
| 1933 | 30 | #1,328 | 3,562 | #52 |
| 1932 | 26 | #1,518 | 3,388 | #57 |
| 1931 | 23 | #1,633 | 3,217 | #58 |
| 1930 | 28 | #1,498 | 2,981 | #65 |
| 1929 | 29 | #1,446 | 2,741 | #69 |
| 1928 | 29 | #1,501 | 2,855 | #69 |
| 1927 | 30 | #1,521 | 2,882 | #67 |
| 1926 | 17 | #2,251 | 2,811 | #68 |
| 1925 | 21 | #1,942 | 2,713 | #74 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,869 | 2,730 | #74 |
| 1923 | 24 | #1,779 | 2,597 | #75 |
| 1922 | 17 | #2,284 | 2,476 | #78 |
| 1921 | 22 | #1,922 | 2,417 | #81 |
| 1920 | 20 | #2,012 | 2,180 | #86 |
| 1919 | 20 | #1,919 | 1,955 | #90 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,751 | 1,912 | #91 |
| 1917 | 17 | #2,097 | 1,715 | #96 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,365 | 1,587 | #98 |
| 1915 | 16 | #2,047 | 1,517 | #97 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,601 | 1,001 | #111 |
| 1913 | 11 | #2,028 | 760 | #113 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,621 | 617 | #118 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,453 | 280 | #126 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,392 | 228 | #141 |
| 1909 | — | — | 163 | #155 |
| 1908 | — | — | 178 | #138 |
| 1907 | — | — | 148 | #155 |
| 1906 | — | — | 116 | #167 |
| 1905 | — | — | 107 | #178 |
| 1904 | — | — | 92 | #193 |
| 1903 | — | — | 92 | #182 |
| 1902 | — | — | 90 | #187 |
| 1901 | — | — | 87 | #173 |
| 1900 | — | — | 85 | #214 |
| 1899 | — | — | 57 | #224 |
| 1898 | — | — | 68 | #214 |
| 1897 | — | — | 51 | #243 |
| 1896 | — | — | 55 | #247 |
| 1895 | — | — | 56 | #236 |
| 1894 | — | — | 58 | #226 |
| 1893 | — | — | 55 | #234 |
| 1892 | — | — | 35 | #318 |
| 1891 | — | — | 29 | #317 |
| 1890 | — | — | 45 | #254 |
| 1889 | — | — | 32 | #312 |
| 1888 | — | — | 41 | #283 |
| 1887 | — | — | 29 | #310 |
| 1886 | — | — | 23 | #368 |
| 1885 | — | — | 24 | #362 |
| 1884 | — | — | 34 | #300 |
| 1883 | — | — | 25 | #336 |
| 1882 | — | — | 22 | #387 |
| 1881 | — | — | 30 | #295 |
| 1880 | — | — | 23 | #361 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).