Duff

Last seen for boys in 2008 at #11,037

Peak · boys
1880 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
441
since 1880

Duff over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Duff has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201882peak #909, 1880boys
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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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1976#5,5875
1975
1974#4,6346
1973#4,0547
1972
1971#3,9637
1970#2,89111
1969#2,30814
1968#3,6736
1967#3,5596
1966#2,62710
1965#2,9828
1964#2,20514
1963#2,20014
1962#2,18614
1961#2,07016
1960#2,12115
1959#1,86519
1958#2,37012
1957#2,19014
1956#1,38531
1955#1,61123
1954#1,29234
1953#1,70920
1952#2,37611
1951#3,7145
1950#2,7708
1949#2,8028
1948#2,7888
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1946#3,1736
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1943#3,2316
1942#2,9407
1941#2,8727
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1937#2,9057
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1927#3,1518
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1924#3,0239
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1921#4,3225
1920#4,2865
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1917#2,9568
1916#3,8975
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1882#9435
1881
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Duff was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1916, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Duff
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #909 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1880–1882
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,098
  • Highest: 1 in 22,098 boys born in 1880 were named Duff (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 340,025 boys born in 2008 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 40.1% of all boys named Duff (177) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s10#909 (1880)#926
1890s0
1900s0
1910s13#2,956 (1917)#3,427
1920s27#3,023 (1924)#3,696
1930s13#2,905 (1937)#3,079
1940s42#2,788 (1948)#2,968
1950s177#1,292 (1954)#2,128
1960s117#2,070 (1961)#2,593
1970s36#2,891 (1970)#4,226
1980s0
1990s0
2000s6#11,037 (2008)#11,037

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.

Duff in 1882

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#943
5 births · 1 in 22,737 boys

Top boys' names in 1882

  1. #1John9,557
  2. #2William9,298
  3. #3James5,892
  4. #4George5,193
  5. #5Charles5,091
  6. #6Frank3,176
  7. #7Joseph2,670
  8. #8Thomas2,610
  9. #9Henry2,579
  10. #10Robert2,500
  11. #943Duff5
More about 1882

boys

113,686 boys got a published name in 1882; 1 in 22,737 of them was named Duff, which outranked 14.2% of the 1,099 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Duff
  1. #837Wilhelm6
  2. #837Wood6
  3. #837Yee6
  4. #943Duff5
  5. #943Ab5
  6. #943Adolf5
  7. #943Alby5

Tied with 156 names at #943; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1881
Risers
  1. 467Clarance#866#399
  2. 429Webster#866#437
  3. 365Neil#781#416
  4. 352Cliff#866#514
  5. 352Elmore#866#514
Fallers
  1. 501Verne#442#943
  2. 483Newell#460#943
  3. 456Merritt#487#943
  4. 440Solon#503#943
  5. 395Almon#442#837

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

See the top 100 for 1882