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Baby name
Wayne
Boy
Origin of the name
Wayne was first an English occupational surname, from wain, “wagon”: a wagon maker or driver.
Classic name
354,818births since 1880
1940sgeneration
No. 30rank at its peak, in 1947
Where babies named Wayne are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Wayne is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Wayne is most common in North Dakota (2.6 times), South Dakota (2.6) and Hawaii (2.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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