Duane

Last seen for girls in 1989 at #10,847 · #2,572 for boys in 2025, 51 births
Given to boys 99.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
1933 · 1,765 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
115,442
since 1885

Duane over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Duane has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201914peak #102, 1933boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,57251
2024#2,07872
2023#2,09770
2022#2,09471
2021#1,88481
2020#1,87279
2019#2,06270
2018#1,85681
2017#1,582102
2016#1,484115
2015#1,475113
2014#1,576100
2013#1,500108
2012#1,328128
2011#1,309130
2010#1,331128
2009#1,403121
2008#1,137160
2007#1,182149
2006#1,137150
2005#1,116147
2004#1,016161
2003#1,016155
2002#906178
2001#891177
2000#859185
1999#863175
1998#769206
1997#741203
1996#686236
1995#658252
1994#645259
1993#626269
1992#563325
1991#555333
1990#521357
1989#10,8476#476401
1988#459390
1987#7,9878#423428
1986#10,9125#397453
1985#8,3187#337566
1984#336552
1983#342531
1982#321594
1981#310612
1980#9,0956#288720
1979#7,3138#254829
1978#247837
1977#6,8928#2131,048
1976#2071,049
1975#4,85412#2071,042
1974#6,2588#1871,201
1973#4,87111#1761,334
1972#4,09114#1581,677
1971#3,94315#1671,615
1970#3,31119#1631,772
1969#4,19812#1561,887
1968#4,48910#1461,961
1967#3,08517#1392,110
1966#3,40014#1402,116
1965#3,95211#1352,274
1964#3,10817#1302,528
1963#4,27210#1302,594
1962#3,43814#1352,600
1961#3,46014#1322,734
1960#3,21215#1272,951
1959#3,43613#1262,965
1958#4,5208#1362,614
1957#2,82317#1362,621
1956#2,92916#1272,596
1955#3,57111#1352,345
1954#3,01914#1362,325
1953#3,68710#1322,338
1952#4,1238#1312,231
1951#3,10612#1302,146
1950#2,25319#1371,963
1949#3,17611#1371,997
1948#3,35010#1391,963
1947#2,35418#1352,092
1946#2,02421#1421,712
1945#1,74323#1371,582
1944#2,02718#1351,561
1943#1,79123#1381,622
1942#1,59227#1311,620
1941#1,50127#1291,535
1940#1,54925#1341,388
1939#1,47426#1181,494
1938#1,31631#1141,616
1937#1,30331#1151,630
1936#1,64021#1101,725
1935#1,66321#1051,830
1934#1,65121#1041,837
1933#1,65821#1021,765
1932#1,95717#1051,710
1931#1,54924#1041,728
1930#1,70322#1201,520
1929#1,48727#1371,246
1928#2,19416#1411,212
1927#1,61926#1471,082
1926#2,35115#160963
1925#2,01819#170896
1924#1,99220#176815
1923#2,73212#190725
1922#209625
1921#3,4009#240546
1920#4,3986#257455
1919#315311
1918#3,8697#329303
1917#2,87910#388209
1916#3,2588#375215
1915#3,7956#382196
1914#3,1886#449114
1913#48779
1912#46174
1911#58427
1910#55626
1909#57421
1908#82511
1907#63416
1906#75211
1905#1,2335
1904#68612
1903#55016
1902#1,0136
1901
1900#1,1626
1899#1,0515
1898#8857
1897#1,0575
1896#1,1015
1895
1894
1893#7688
1892
1891#9635
1890
1889
1888
1887#9215
1886
1885#9365
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1885

The first year at least five boys were named Duane! It came in at #936, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1892, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Duane
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 494 spots since 2024 (#2,078#2,572)
  • 700 spots since 2020 (#1,872#2,572)
  • 1,097 spots since 2015 (#1,475#2,572)
  • Biggest jump: 481 spots in 1906 (#1,233#752)
  • Biggest drop: 547 spots in 1905 (#686#1,233)
Rise & fade · boys
48 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 1933 at #102 (1,765 births)
  • Births halved by 1978, 45 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 104 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 104 yrs · run 1906–2002
Share of babies · boys
1 in 562
  • Highest: 1 in 562 boys born in 1933 were named Duane (0.18%)
  • Latest: 1 in 33,492 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 20.9% of all boys named Duane (24,144) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s10#921 (1887)#929
1890s35#768 (1893)#971
1900s104#550 (1903)#825
1910s1,554#315 (1919)#433
1920s8,565#137 (1929)#183
1930s16,855#102 (1933)#110
1940s17,072#129 (1941)#136
1950s24,144#126 (1959)#133
1960s23,755#127 (1960)#137
1970s12,404#158 (1972)#198
1980s5,247#288 (1980)#369
1990s2,615#521 (1990)#663
2000s1,583#859 (2000)#1,066
2010s1,075#1,309 (2011)#1,550
2020s424#1,872 (2020)#2,100

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Duane in 1914

girls
#3,188
6 births · 1 in 126,930 girls
boys
#449
114 births · 1 in 5,744 boys

Top girls' names in 1914

  1. #1Mary45,346
  2. #2Helen23,221
  3. #3Dorothy18,782
  4. #4Margaret17,763
  5. #5Ruth15,839
  6. #6Anna11,865
  7. #7Mildred11,649
  8. #8Elizabeth11,367
  9. #9Frances9,677
  10. #10Marie8,829
  11. #3,188Duane6

Top boys' names in 1914

  1. #1John37,947
  2. #2William29,753
  3. #3James26,262
  4. #4Robert21,188
  5. #5Joseph18,829
  6. #6George17,602
  7. #7Charles16,937
  8. #8Edward12,319
  9. #9Frank12,002
  10. #10Walter8,962
  11. #449Duane114
More about 1914

girls

761,581 girls got a published name in 1914; 1 in 126,930 of them was named Duane, which outranked 24.2% of the 4,206 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Duane
  1. #2,876Zillie7
  2. #2,876Zofia7
  3. #2,876Zollie7
  4. #3,188Duane6
  5. #3,188Adamae6
  6. #3,188Addis6
  7. #3,188Adlena6
  8. #3,618Aaron5
  9. #3,618Abelina5
  10. #3,618Adelee5

Tied with 429 names at #3,188; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1913
Risers
  1. 589Rilla#1,358#769
  2. 587Venita#1,465#878
  3. 509Orene#1,465#956
  4. 486Vonnie#1,405#919
  5. 463Kathlyn#1,020#557
Fallers
  1. 837Christena#981#1,818
  2. 642Tiny#961#1,603
  3. 504Dominga#881#1,385
  4. 504Florrie#881#1,385
  5. 419Veola#925#1,344

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

654,762 boys got a published name in 1914; 1 in 5,744 of them was named Duane, which outranked 88.1% of the 3,759 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Duane
  1. #446Winfred116
  2. #447Benedict115
  3. #447Hal115
  4. #449Duane114
  5. #450Alden113
  6. #450Jean113
  7. #450Theron113
Biggest movers since 1913
Risers
  1. 817Gilmore#1,803#986
  2. 647Santos#1,580#933
  3. 546Lorenza#1,365#819
  4. 534Bobby#1,441#907
  5. 534Gino#1,441#907
Fallers
  1. 918Bernardo#950#1,868
  2. 692Eston#995#1,687
  3. 692Rolf#995#1,687
  4. 613Orson#995#1,608
  5. 458West#930#1,388

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1914