Dawayne
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/dəweɪn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Dawayne is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 302K(measured from records)
- GYGuyana1 in 107K
- JMJamaica≈1 in 132K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 197 (measured from records)
- 1 in 107K (inferred from the name graph)
1,102 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
Guyana
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Dawayne counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 1,102 | 1 in 302K | 1.1K | Dawayne | 197 |
| GH Ghana | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 185K | — | Dawayne | 1 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 553K | — | Dawayne | 18 |
| IT Italy | ≈89 est. | ≈1 in 702K | — | Dawayne | 1 |
| CA Canada | ≈67 est. | ≈1 in 562K | — | Dawayne | 9 |
| JM Jamaica | ≈21 est. | ≈1 in 132K | — | Dawayne | 4 |
| IE Ireland | ≈11 est. | ≈1 in 462K | — | Dawayne | 2 |
| GY Guyana | 7 | 1 in 107K | 7 | — | 1 |
1,102 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Dawayne Baileyb. 1954USAmerican musician
- Ken Pooleb. 1958USnot in their usual nameAmerican football player (born 1958)
- Derwin Williamsb. 1961USnot in their usual nameAmerican football player
- Dawayne Bryanb. 1982USAmerican racing driver
- Brandon Royb. 1984USnot in their usual nameAmerican basketball player and coach (born 1984)
- Devonte Pattersonb. 1996USnot in their usual nameAmerican basketball player (born 1996)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 6 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.1K | #11,574 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1977 | 45 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1992 | 41 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1978 | 40 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1971 | 40 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1976 | 39 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1981 | 38 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1972 | 36 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1996 | 35 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1988 | 35 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1984 | 35 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1991 | 34 | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Dawayne?
- A machine transcription gives /dəweɪn/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Dawayne a male or female name?
- Dawayne is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Dawayne have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 1.1 thousand people named Dawayne, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dawayne.
- Where is Dawayne most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Dawayne is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 107 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Dawayne?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,102 people named Dawayne in 2020, about 1 in 302 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Dawayne?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/dawayneThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dawayne”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.