Dwayn
Dwayn Holter is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Mondorf.
Meaning & Origin of Dwayn
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dwayn Holter is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Mondorf.
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The Story of Dwayn
The earliest SSA record of Dwayn as a baby boy name dates back to 1958, when 5 babies received it. 1971 was its biggest year on record, with 10 newborns named Dwayn — #3,146 in the national rankings. About 58% of every Dwayn on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Dwayn last appeared in the published SSA data in 1980, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 72 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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About the name Dwayn
Dwayn is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1958 and has accumulated 72 births in the dataset. Dwayn's peak popularity came in 1971 when it ranked #3,146. Use the chart and map above to compare Dwayn'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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