WAYNE is ranked as the 148th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 431,478.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 135.32 people named WAYNE for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named WAYNE is 242,887.
The SSA data also shows that WAYNE is used as a boy's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
WAYNE is
80.4% White,
2.3% Hispanic origin,
12.9% Black,
2.2% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.5% Two or More Races,
and 0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name WAYNE have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name WAYNE is included in the following name categories:
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
English masculine given name
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name WAYNE
The state with the most people named
WAYNE is
California where
44,428 people have this name.
Iowa is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named WAYNE, as
241.85 in every 100,000
Iowans
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Texas.
Iowa is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Ohio
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
2 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name WAYNE
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
11,029
85.63
99.6%
Indiana
6,127
92.87
99.2%
Iowa
7,515
241.85
99.6%
Kansas
2,862
98.56
98.6%
Michigan
15,513
156.54
99.8%
Minnesota
12,688
232.5
99.8%
Missouri
2,812
93.92
98.8%
Nebraska
1,826
97.08
98.1%
North Dakota
1,029
139.19
96.8%
Ohio
7,698
66.39
99.3%
South Dakota
778
91.21
95.4%
Wisconsin
13,620
236.56
99.8%
West States
State stats for the first name WAYNE
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
812
110.26
96.2%
Arizona
5,237
77.8
99.0%
California
44,428
114.5
99.9%
Colorado
3,998
74.64
99.0%
Hawaii
2,842
200.18
99.7%
Idaho
1,827
111.78
98.2%
Montana
1,012
98.86
96.7%
Nevada
2,293
80.76
98.7%
New Mexico
1,812
86.9
97.9%
Oregon
3,602
90.72
98.9%
Utah
2,369
80.48
98.4%
Washington
12,494
176.94
99.8%
Wyoming
662
113.34
95.9%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name WAYNE
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have WAYNE as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named WAYNE.
The most popular full name is WAYNE Smith.
1.07% of all the people named WAYNE
have this family name.
There are 30219 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name WAYNE