Is Wayne a boy or girl name?
Wayne is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 394 boys were named Wayne, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.5% of the 355,989 US babies named Wayne were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #686
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Wayne since 1880
- 355,989
- Most popular year
- 1947
- 10,201 babies
Boys and girls named Wayne, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 283 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 509 | 0 | 0% |
| 1900s | 1,158 | 0 | 0% |
| 1910s | 11,572 | 126 | 1.1% |
| 1920s | 26,402 | 232 | 0.9% |
| 1930s | 41,140 | 237 | 0.6% |
| 1940s | 75,130 | 206 | 0.3% |
| 1950s | 88,092 | 274 | 0.3% |
| 1960s | 54,757 | 222 | 0.4% |
| 1970s | 24,619 | 166 | 0.7% |
| 1980s | 14,747 | 136 | 0.9% |
| 1990s | 7,503 | 5 | 0.1% |
| 2000s | 3,719 | 0 | 0% |
| 2010s | 3,051 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020s | 1,703 | 0 | 0% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 394 | #686 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 359 | #734 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 329 | #770 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 316 | #781 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 305 | #775 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 321 | #746 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 299 | #778 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 281 | #810 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 330 | #740 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 325 | #744 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 292 | #789 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 301 | #756 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 291 | #781 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 327 | #702 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 284 | #780 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 304 | #754 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 344 | #692 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 354 | #675 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 358 | #649 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 319 | #667 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 364 | #598 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 382 | #580 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 420 | #533 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 421 | #527 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 453 | #506 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 507 | #453 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 526 | #436 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 515 | #436 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 605 | #389 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 674 | #358 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 746 | #333 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 834 | #318 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 917 | #293 | 5 | #15,553 |
| 1991 | 1,031 | #263 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 1,148 | #242 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 1,167 | #232 | 8 | #9,655 |
| 1988 | 1,242 | #209 | 16 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 1,298 | #200 | 14 | #5,605 |
| 1986 | 1,343 | #191 | 17 | #4,720 |
| 1985 | 1,384 | #185 | 14 | #5,340 |
| 1984 | 1,478 | #174 | 15 | #4,962 |
| 1983 | 1,528 | #171 | 25 | #3,338 |
| 1982 | 1,714 | #159 | 12 | #5,899 |
| 1981 | 1,751 | #156 | 7 | #9,085 |
| 1980 | 1,842 | #146 | 8 | #8,156 |
| 1979 | 1,831 | #149 | 8 | #8,045 |
| 1978 | 1,888 | #138 | 18 | #4,078 |
| 1977 | 1,950 | #138 | 18 | #4,064 |
| 1976 | 2,020 | #131 | 11 | #5,591 |
| 1975 | 2,134 | #120 | 13 | #4,846 |
| 1974 | 2,217 | #120 | 23 | #3,105 |
| 1973 | 2,448 | #107 | 14 | #4,355 |
| 1972 | 2,792 | #103 | 14 | #4,296 |
| 1971 | 3,333 | #92 | 19 | #3,503 |
| 1970 | 4,006 | #80 | 28 | #2,643 |
| 1969 | 3,898 | #75 | 21 | #3,008 |
| 1968 | 4,253 | #63 | 14 | #3,783 |
| 1967 | 4,469 | #62 | 18 | #3,081 |
| 1966 | 4,888 | #59 | 23 | #2,583 |
| 1965 | 5,115 | #65 | 20 | #2,832 |
| 1964 | 5,833 | #61 | 23 | #2,672 |
| 1963 | 6,030 | #63 | 22 | #2,702 |
| 1962 | 6,322 | #63 | 29 | #2,260 |
| 1961 | 6,760 | #61 | 27 | #2,355 |
| 1960 | 7,189 | #58 | 25 | #2,430 |
| 1959 | 7,878 | #51 | 33 | #1,983 |
| 1958 | 8,329 | #48 | 28 | #2,165 |
| 1957 | 8,687 | #47 | 28 | #2,119 |
| 1956 | 8,717 | #45 | 33 | #1,896 |
| 1955 | 8,727 | #44 | 28 | #2,059 |
| 1954 | 9,175 | #41 | 37 | #1,701 |
| 1953 | 8,905 | #40 | 29 | #1,930 |
| 1952 | 9,088 | #38 | 18 | #2,578 |
| 1951 | 9,327 | #37 | 21 | #2,245 |
| 1950 | 9,259 | #35 | 19 | #2,338 |
| 1949 | 8,927 | #35 | 28 | #1,844 |
| 1948 | 8,682 | #34 | 17 | #2,488 |
| 1947 | 10,168 | #30 | 33 | #1,696 |
| 1946 | 8,808 | #29 | 19 | #2,227 |
| 1945 | 6,738 | #35 | 12 | #2,739 |
| 1944 | 6,722 | #37 | 15 | #2,397 |
| 1943 | 6,763 | #41 | 21 | #1,946 |
| 1942 | 6,484 | #41 | 21 | #1,915 |
| 1941 | 6,111 | #37 | 20 | #1,880 |
| 1940 | 5,727 | #39 | 20 | #1,843 |
| 1939 | 5,653 | #39 | 25 | #1,542 |
| 1938 | 5,226 | #40 | 30 | #1,381 |
| 1937 | 4,613 | #44 | 23 | #1,629 |
| 1936 | 4,408 | #45 | 15 | #2,147 |
| 1935 | 4,057 | #49 | 22 | #1,659 |
| 1934 | 4,035 | #48 | 15 | #2,184 |
| 1933 | 3,562 | #52 | 30 | #1,328 |
| 1932 | 3,388 | #57 | 26 | #1,518 |
| 1931 | 3,217 | #58 | 23 | #1,633 |
| 1930 | 2,981 | #65 | 28 | #1,498 |
| 1929 | 2,741 | #69 | 29 | #1,446 |
| 1928 | 2,855 | #69 | 29 | #1,501 |
| 1927 | 2,881 | #67 | 30 | #1,521 |
| 1926 | 2,812 | #68 | 17 | #2,251 |
| 1925 | 2,713 | #74 | 21 | #1,942 |
| 1924 | 2,730 | #74 | 23 | #1,869 |
| 1923 | 2,597 | #75 | 24 | #1,779 |
| 1922 | 2,476 | #78 | 17 | #2,284 |
| 1921 | 2,417 | #81 | 22 | #1,922 |
| 1920 | 2,180 | #86 | 20 | #2,012 |
| 1919 | 1,955 | #90 | 20 | #1,919 |
| 1918 | 1,912 | #91 | 23 | #1,751 |
| 1917 | 1,715 | #96 | 17 | #2,097 |
| 1916 | 1,587 | #98 | 14 | #2,365 |
| 1915 | 1,517 | #97 | 16 | #2,047 |
| 1914 | 1,001 | #111 | 6 | #3,601 |
| 1913 | 760 | #113 | 11 | #2,028 |
| 1912 | 617 | #118 | 7 | #2,621 |
| 1911 | 280 | #126 | 6 | #2,453 |
| 1910 | 228 | #141 | 6 | #2,392 |
| 1909 | 163 | #155 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 178 | #138 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 148 | #155 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 116 | #167 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 107 | #178 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 92 | #193 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 92 | #182 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 90 | #187 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 87 | #173 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 85 | #214 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 57 | #224 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 68 | #214 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 51 | #243 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 55 | #247 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 56 | #236 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 58 | #226 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 55 | #234 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 35 | #318 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 29 | #317 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 45 | #254 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 32 | #312 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 41 | #283 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 29 | #310 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 23 | #368 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 24 | #362 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 34 | #300 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 25 | #336 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 22 | #387 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 30 | #295 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 23 | #361 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Wayne reached #29 in 1946. As a girl name, it reached #1,328 in 1933. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1940s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.