Wayne
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning wagon maker or cart driver.
Babies a year
274
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
#655
up from #686
UK popularity
#2664
8 babies
How Wayne has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #747 |
| 2016 | #740 |
| 2017 | #810 |
| 2018 | #777 |
| 2019 | #747 |
| 2020 | #776 |
| 2021 | #782 |
| 2022 | #769 |
| 2023 | #734 |
| 2024 | #686 |
| 2025 | #655 |
Wayne by the numbers
In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Wayne. In the US, 274 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 10,169 babies in 1947, so it is a 1940s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1950, about 1 in 200 American boys born that year was called Wayne.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Wayne. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Waydeford; a form of Wade38 in the US (2017)
- Warnerdefender or protector116 in the US (2017)
- Waylenland beside the road; a modern respelling of Waylon93 in the US (2017)
- Wynnejoy; blessed friend; a form of Wynn35 in the US (2017)
- Wagnerwagon maker or wagon driver10 in the US (2017)
- Wayden11 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Wayne
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