Wayne

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #652in 2025
  • 1 in 4,047boys in 2025
  • +46%last ten years
  • 3.0×in Utah

Most popular in 1947, and up 46% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

02,7795,55818801916195319892025

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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 146 recorded years as a table
Wayne, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880208
1881298
1882194
1883239
1884297
1885223
1886208
1887286
1888339
1889289
1890405
1891287
1892287
1893490
1894501
1895477
1896460
1897452
1898554
1899537
1900565
1901817
1902734
1903772
1904718
1905809
1906871
19071,008
19081,153
1909994
19101,174
19111,239
19121,435
19131,483
19141,529
19151,788
19161,783
19171,853
19181,887
19191,995
19202,048
19212,194
19222,275
19232,369
19242,410
19252,431
19262,531
19272,557
19282,578
19292,548
19302,716
19313,094
19323,245
19333,592
19343,908
19353,896
19364,251
19374,325
19384,712
19395,107
19404,941
19414,976
19424,695
19434,737
19444,934
19455,006
19465,423
19475,558
19484,948
19495,032
19505,172
19514,954
19524,675
19534,515
19544,500
19554,237
19564,121
19574,027
19583,924
19593,691
19603,373
19613,183
19623,057
19632,969
19642,927
19652,748
19662,742
19672,563
19682,446
19692,179
19702,156
19711,884
19721,722
19731,571
19741,409
19751,367
19761,287
19771,187
19781,150
19791,064
19801,033
1981978
1982945
1983853
1984819
1985749
1986729
1987695
1988649
1989584
1990559
1991510
1992459
1993425
1994386
1995354
1996319
1997273
1998275
1999264
2000231
2001217
2002216
2003193
2004183
2005160
2006174
2007171
2008169
2009153
2010148
2011172
2012153
2013159
2014152
2015170
2016174
2017152
2018165
2019179
2020177
2021182
2022188
2023210
2024230
2025247

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Utah 3.0×
  2. Ohio 1.9×
  3. Missouri 1.8×
  4. Minnesota 1.7×
  5. Indiana 1.7×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
422
Rank in 2025
#652
How rare
1 in 4,047 boys
Since 1880
354,818

Most popular in 1947, at 5,558 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 46% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Utah3.0×39
Ohio1.9×69
Missouri1.8×33
Minnesota1.7×29
Indiana1.7×38

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