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Boy · English surname

Wayne

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Meaning

From an English surname for a wagon maker, Old English wægn 'wagon'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Popular in the US from the 1930s to the 1950s, partly after actor John Wayne.

Its wave through time

Fading since the 1940s

In the United States

024618801900192019401960198020002020Peak 1947per 1,000 babies of that sex
  • 354,580 babies given this name since 1880
  • At its height in 1947, about 1 in 180 boys
  • 303 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
  2. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

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Where this comes from

  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
  • National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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