Dwain
Dwain is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Dwain
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dwain is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Dwain
The earliest SSA record of Dwain as a baby boy name dates back to 1913, when 9 babies received it. 1959 was its biggest year on record, with 257 newborns named Dwain — #488 in the national rankings. About 22% of every Dwain on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Dwain last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 8K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Dwain
Dwain is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1913 and has accumulated 8K births in the dataset. Dwain's peak popularity came in 1959 when it ranked #488. Use the chart and map above to compare Dwain's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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