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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201958peak #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.

Where Duane is popular in 1958

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #96 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 394 boysAKMaine: #91 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 512 boysMEVermont: #110 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 662 boysVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Duane, so not publishedNHWashington: #91 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 404 boysWAIdaho: #85 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 335 boysIDMontana: #59 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 247 boysMTNorth Dakota: #31 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 114 boysNDMinnesota: #58 for boys · 159 births · 1 in 257 boysMNIllinois: #140 for boys · 129 births · 1 in 883 boysILWisconsin: #79 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 413 boysWIMichigan: #80 for boys · 240 births · 1 in 412 boysMINew York: #152 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 1,167 boysNYMassachusetts: #143 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 1,736 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Duane, so not publishedRIOregon: #103 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 496 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Duane, so not publishedNVWyoming: #111 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 468 boysWYSouth Dakota: #57 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 242 boysSDIowa: #73 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 358 boysIAIndiana: #94 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 476 boysINOhio: #103 for boys · 185 births · 1 in 619 boysOHPennsylvania: #110 for boys · 159 births · 1 in 775 boysPANew Jersey: #169 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 1,563 boysNJConnecticut: #121 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 1,019 boysCTCalifornia: #145 for boys · 203 births · 1 in 861 boysCAUtah: #124 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 585 boysUTColorado: #104 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 507 boysCONebraska: #65 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 308 boysNEMissouri: #124 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 736 boysMOKentucky: #314 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,990 boysKYWest Virginia: #158 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,075 boysWVVirginia: #193 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 1,402 boysVAMaryland: #131 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 845 boysMDDelaware: #139 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,036 boysDEArizona: #152 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 734 boysAZNew Mexico: #250 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,604 boysNMKansas: #88 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 434 boysKSArkansas: #248 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,975 boysARTennessee: #312 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,346 boysTNNorth Carolina: #285 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 2,624 boysNCSouth Carolina: #421 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,804 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #113 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 597 boysDCOklahoma: #166 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 986 boysOKLouisiana: #223 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 1,294 boysLAMississippi: #433 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,406 boysMSAlabama: #276 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 2,250 boysALGeorgia: #321 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 3,230 boysGAHawaii: #95 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 341 boysHITexas: #280 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 1,858 boysTXFlorida: #188 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 1,202 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Dakota#31 · 1 in 114
  2. South Dakota#57 · 1 in 242
  3. Minnesota#58 · 1 in 257
  4. Montana#59 · 1 in 247
  5. Nebraska#65 · 1 in 308

Best ever in a state: #7 in North Dakota, 1933.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#31651 in 114
South Dakota#57321 in 242
Minnesota#581591 in 257
Montana#59311 in 247
Nebraska#65511 in 308
Iowa#73851 in 358
Wisconsin#791131 in 413
Michigan#802401 in 412
Idaho#85221 in 335
Kansas#88541 in 434
Maine#91211 in 512
Washington#91781 in 404
Indiana#941151 in 476
Hawaii#95211 in 341
Alaska#9681 in 394
Ohio#1031851 in 619
Oregon#103341 in 496
Colorado#104411 in 507
Pennsylvania#1101591 in 775
Vermont#11061 in 662
Wyoming#11171 in 468
District of Columbia#113251 in 597
Connecticut#121261 in 1,019
Missouri#124661 in 736
Utah#124201 in 585
Maryland#131381 in 845
Delaware#13951 in 1,036
Illinois#1401291 in 883
Massachusetts#143331 in 1,736
California#1452031 in 861
Arizona#152211 in 734
New York#1521551 in 1,167
West Virginia#158201 in 1,075
Oklahoma#166241 in 986
New Jersey#169391 in 1,563
Florida#188431 in 1,202
Virginia#193311 in 1,402
Louisiana#223331 in 1,294
Arkansas#248101 in 1,975
New Mexico#25081 in 1,604
Alabama#276171 in 2,250
Texas#280661 in 1,858
North Carolina#285201 in 2,624
Tennessee#312121 in 3,346
Kentucky#31491 in 3,990
Georgia#321151 in 3,230
South Carolina#42151 in 5,804
Mississippi#43351 in 5,406
Nevada
New Hampshire
Rhode Island

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1958

girls
#4,520
8 births · 1 in 251,452 girls
boys
#136
2,614 births · 1 in 812 boys

Top girls' names in 1958

  1. #1Mary55,848
  2. #2Susan45,175
  3. #3Linda41,904
  4. #4Karen38,487
  5. #5Patricia37,961
  6. #6Debra35,521
  7. #7Deborah32,943
  8. #8Cynthia31,014
  9. #9Barbara27,874
  10. #10Donna26,959
  11. #4,520Duane8

Top boys' names in 1958

  1. #1Michael90,604
  2. #2David82,681
  3. #3James78,774
  4. #4Robert77,338
  5. #5John76,057
  6. #6William54,254
  7. #7Mark52,698
  8. #8Richard50,007
  9. #9Thomas42,088
  10. #10Steven32,968
  11. #136Duane2,614
More about 1958

girls

2,011,619 girls got a published name in 1958; 1 in 251,452 of them was named Duane, which outranked 35.7% of the 7,030 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Duane
  1. #4,193Yetta9
  2. #4,193Yevonne9
  3. #4,193Zoeann9
  4. #4,520Duane8
  5. #4,520Abra8
  6. #4,520Adena8
  7. #4,520Adora8
  8. #4,890Adelfa7
  9. #4,890Adonna7
  10. #4,890Agustina7

Tied with 369 names at #4,520; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1957
Risers
  1. 1,133Brigitte#1,904#771
  2. 760Samantha#1,754#994
  3. 709Selena#1,388#679
  4. 672Tambra#1,588#916
  5. 570Bridgette#1,274#704
Fallers
  1. 312Sarita#970#1,282
  2. 311Beryl#910#1,221
  3. 309Sherree#827#1,136
  4. 275Winnie#965#1,240
  5. 236Jacalyn#975#1,211

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

boys

2,122,409 boys got a published name in 1958; 1 in 812 of them was named Duane, which outranked 97.0% of the 4,502 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Duane
  1. #133Alfred2,711
  2. #134Kurt2,672
  3. #135Francis2,620
  4. #136Duane2,614
  5. #137Edwin2,601
  6. #138Clarence2,525
  7. #139Bob2,518
Biggest movers since 1957
Risers
  1. 742Wayde#1,364#622
  2. 568Maverick#1,364#796
  3. 516Darren#897#381
  4. 435Tobin#1,250#815
  5. 406Dion#928#522
Fallers
  1. 388Claud#957#1,345
  2. 349Ritchie#823#1,172
  3. 333Levon#944#1,277
  4. 320Weston#957#1,277
  5. 297Parker#925#1,222

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

See the top 100 for 1958