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Wayne
Pronounced /weɪn/
Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1954 · #1677
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:394 in 2024 (#685)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- No girls were recorded as Wayne in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
- It peaked in 1954 with 37 babies, ranked #1677.
- It first shows up in the records in 1910.
- 1,604 girls have been named Wayne since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Wayne per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0Gen Z1997–12
- 0Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 300 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 404 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 497 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 270 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 133 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
An occupational surname for a cartwright, Old English wægen (“wagon”). Cf. wain.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /weɪn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Wayne, CC BY-SA 4.0.