Lawayne comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning "Path of Law" | Formal: "Way of the Law".
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How popular is Lawayne?
1940peak year
The name Lawayne reached its peak in 1940, with 15 registrations (ranked #1857). It had only entered records 14 years earlier, in 1926. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #10894) today, averaging about 7 new babies per year. Lawayne's usage has held roughly steady recently. Across all years on record, approximately 570 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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