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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201932peak #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 1932

girls
#1,957
17 births · 1 in 62,773 girls
boys
#105
1,710 births · 1 in 611 boys

Top girls' names in 1932

  1. #1Mary59,883
  2. #2Betty34,420
  3. #3Barbara26,318
  4. #4Dorothy24,974
  5. #5Joan21,044
  6. #6Patricia17,992
  7. #7Margaret16,556
  8. #8Helen16,376
  9. #9Shirley14,476
  10. #10Doris12,910
  11. #1,957Duane17

Top boys' names in 1932

  1. #1Robert59,268
  2. #2James51,930
  3. #3John48,624
  4. #4William42,124
  5. #5Richard31,809
  6. #6Charles31,092
  7. #7Donald29,794
  8. #8George20,439
  9. #9Joseph18,566
  10. #10Thomas16,834
  11. #105Duane1,710
More about 1932

girls

1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 62,773 of them was named Duane, which outranked 61.6% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Duane
  1. #1,877Willine18
  2. #1,877Wilmer18
  3. #1,877Zadie18
  4. #1,957Duane17
  5. #1,957Alla17
  6. #1,957Aloha17
  7. #1,957Alvin17
  8. #2,037Aggie16
  9. #2,037Aimee16
  10. #2,037Alvie16

Tied with 79 names at #1,957; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 963Dian#1,876#913
  2. 519Carleen#1,394#875
  3. 357Jimmy#1,336#979
  4. 347Letty#1,287#940
  5. 340Letitia#1,148#808
Fallers
  1. 350Blossom#970#1,320
  2. 332Luetta#844#1,176
  3. 305Roy#887#1,192
  4. 289Sofia#887#1,176
  5. 282Joretta#463#745

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

boys

1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 611 of them was named Duane, which outranked 97.5% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Duane
  1. #102Warren1,792
  2. #103Curtis1,775
  3. #104Jim1,765
  4. #105Duane1,710
  5. #105Milton1,710
  6. #107Jerome1,668
  7. #108Cecil1,655
  8. #109Tommy1,613

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 2,418Delano#3,095#677
  2. 969Garner#1,643#674
  3. 868Ronny#1,770#902
  4. 713Darryl#1,693#980
  5. 609Marc#1,589#980
Fallers
  1. 467Jones#959#1,426
  2. 455Hamilton#831#1,286
  3. 393Hyman#697#1,090
  4. 373Davey#983#1,356
  5. 341Hayes#983#1,324

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

See the top 100 for 1932