Dwain

Boy · recorded 1913–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1959best year

Most popular in 1959.

Last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1913

06112119131941196919962024

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 110 recorded years as a table
Dwain, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191318
191418
191520
191625
191728
191826
191933
192041
192137
192246
192348
192447
192569
192657
192758
192868
192971
193069
193182
193285
1933101
193495
1935104
1936103
193798
193897
193991
194095
194176
194277
194357
194461
194555
194676
194773
194873
194974
195064
195173
195271
195384
195487
195575
195692
195782
195884
1959121
1960108
196189
196273
196387
196470
196566
196666
196760
196860
196967
197063
197157
197254
197361
197452
197540
197632
197735
197835
197934
198034
198125
198228
198325
198421
198519
198617
198719
198818
198918
199019
199115
199211
199311
199410
19959
19969
199711
199810
19998
20008
20015
20029
20037
20045
20058
20066
20085
20096
20105
20117
20128
20133
20148
20156
20163
20175
20186
20193
20204
20215
20224
20243

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dwain isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2024
6
Rank in 2024
#10,938
How rare
1 in 287,148 boys
Since 1913
7,581

Dwain was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1959, at 121 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Dwain doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.