Dewayne comes from the English tradition, meaning Variant of Wayne, meaning "wagon maker".
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How popular is Dewayne?
1962peak year
The name Dewayne reached its peak in 1962, with 653 registrations (ranked #302). It first surfaced in U.S. records in 1912, roughly 50 years before its peak. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #2209) today, averaging about 68 new babies per year. Dewayne has been declining in recent years. Across all years on record, approximately 26,542 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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