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Wayne

Means “wagon”*

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #744, 2016: #739, 2017: #809, 2018: #776, 2019: #745, 2020: #774, 2021: #778, 2022: #768, 2023: #733, 2024: #686, 2025: #6521 in 4,048 boys in the US, 2025#652 · rising · was #744 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #1,327, 2016: #1,234, 2017: #1,546, 2018: #1,683, 2019: #2,266, 2020: #1,723, 2021: #2,125, 2022: #2,321, 2023: #1,610, 2024: #1,952, 2025: #2,6641 in 33,992 boys in E&W, 2025#2,664 · falling · was #1,327 in 2015

Boy’s name · from a surname · /weɪn/

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What Wayne means

Means “wagon”

An occupational surname for a cartwright, Old English wægen (“wagon”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Wayne” (revision 94544614), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Wayne?

US 2025
#652
422 babies
▲ 34 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#2664
8 babies
▼ 712 vs 2024
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Rising: up from #744 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1327 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 boys born. Dot: biggest US share (1947)

Biggest US share so far: 1947, when 10,169 boys got the name (#30 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

  • About 1 in 4,048 baby boys in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 33,992 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WY (5.5 per 1,000 boys), AK (2.2 per 1,000 boys), OR (0.8 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Wayne is #652 in the US and #2664 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#6524221 in 4,048#744
England & Wales#266481 in 33,992#1327
Scotland––––

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Wayne were boys.

GirlsBoys
US 20250422
England & Wales 202508
US all years since 18801,604354,818
England & Wales since 19960987

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

/weɪn/

IPA from Wiktionary.

If you like Wayne

Boys

  • Russell#345Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1960, with 7,487 babies; 944 in 2025
  • Casey#320“descendant of (a person named) Watchful”
  • Stanley#863“stone + meadow”
  • Leroy#883“the king”
  • Scott#534Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1971, with 30,901 babies; 561 in 2025
  • Douglas#807“black + stream”

For a sister

  • Holly#416“wood, clearing, meadow”
  • Tiffany#878Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1988, with 18,364 babies; 304 in 2025
  • Kelsey#814Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #343 in 2015, #814 in 2025
  • Lacey#738Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1984, with 2,399 babies; 370 in 2025
  • Kelly#851Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1977, with 18,234 babies; 319 in 2025
  • Ashley#164“ash tree + wood, clearing”

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Wayne’s. Rank is US 2025.

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