Duke
#695 for boys in 2025, 390 births
- Peak · boys
- 2018 · 529 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 11,595since 1880
Duke over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Duke has never cracked the top 500 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #695 | 390 |
| 2024 | #704 | 381 |
| 2023 | #683 | 395 |
| 2022 | #676 | 403 |
| 2021 | #652 | 419 |
| 2020 | #633 | 424 |
| 2019 | #541 | 522 |
| 2018 | #533 | 529 |
| 2017 | #541 | 523 |
| 2016 | #558 | 515 |
| 2015 | #601 | 455 |
| 2014 | #668 | 384 |
| 2013 | #722 | 323 |
| 2012 | #1,145 | 160 |
| 2011 | #1,198 | 147 |
| 2010 | #1,245 | 141 |
| 2009 | #1,731 | 89 |
| 2008 | #1,543 | 104 |
| 2007 | #1,614 | 96 |
| 2006 | #1,617 | 89 |
| 2005 | #1,752 | 75 |
| 2004 | #1,953 | 62 |
| 2003 | #1,673 | 74 |
| 2002 | #1,888 | 59 |
| 2001 | #2,007 | 53 |
| 2000 | #1,895 | 55 |
| 1999 | #1,824 | 54 |
| 1998 | #1,957 | 49 |
| 1997 | #1,672 | 59 |
| 1996 | #1,986 | 44 |
| 1995 | #1,648 | 55 |
| 1994 | #1,495 | 63 |
| 1993 | #1,313 | 75 |
| 1992 | #1,417 | 65 |
| 1991 | #1,823 | 43 |
| 1990 | #1,464 | 59 |
| 1989 | #1,590 | 50 |
| 1988 | #1,296 | 63 |
| 1987 | #1,316 | 56 |
| 1986 | #1,837 | 33 |
| 1985 | #1,672 | 37 |
| 1984 | #1,630 | 36 |
| 1983 | #1,429 | 44 |
| 1982 | #1,464 | 43 |
| 1981 | #1,500 | 41 |
| 1980 | #1,378 | 47 |
| 1979 | #1,056 | 70 |
| 1978 | #1,570 | 36 |
| 1977 | #1,546 | 36 |
| 1976 | #1,346 | 43 |
| 1975 | #1,304 | 44 |
| 1974 | #1,135 | 52 |
| 1973 | #1,023 | 62 |
| 1972 | #1,069 | 57 |
| 1971 | #941 | 75 |
| 1970 | #905 | 78 |
| 1969 | #880 | 75 |
| 1968 | #920 | 62 |
| 1967 | #836 | 73 |
| 1966 | #794 | 84 |
| 1965 | #873 | 70 |
| 1964 | #799 | 89 |
| 1963 | #764 | 100 |
| 1962 | #862 | 77 |
| 1961 | #915 | 69 |
| 1960 | #775 | 96 |
| 1959 | #738 | 107 |
| 1958 | #790 | 89 |
| 1957 | #719 | 108 |
| 1956 | #714 | 105 |
| 1955 | #792 | 85 |
| 1954 | #833 | 75 |
| 1953 | #989 | 53 |
| 1952 | #1,027 | 49 |
| 1951 | #1,005 | 49 |
| 1950 | #885 | 60 |
| 1949 | #1,144 | 38 |
| 1948 | #891 | 59 |
| 1947 | #1,053 | 47 |
| 1946 | #1,045 | 43 |
| 1945 | #1,103 | 35 |
| 1944 | #1,255 | 28 |
| 1943 | #986 | 46 |
| 1942 | #1,036 | 42 |
| 1941 | #938 | 46 |
| 1940 | #952 | 45 |
| 1939 | #992 | 41 |
| 1938 | #927 | 46 |
| 1937 | #922 | 46 |
| 1936 | #1,028 | 38 |
| 1935 | #1,453 | 22 |
| 1934 | #1,266 | 28 |
| 1933 | #1,181 | 31 |
| 1932 | #1,651 | 19 |
| 1931 | #1,065 | 40 |
| 1930 | #1,235 | 33 |
| 1929 | #1,564 | 22 |
| 1928 | #1,111 | 40 |
| 1927 | #1,041 | 45 |
| 1926 | #1,064 | 43 |
| 1925 | #1,022 | 45 |
| 1924 | #1,223 | 35 |
| 1923 | #1,420 | 27 |
| 1922 | #1,107 | 41 |
| 1921 | #1,329 | 31 |
| 1920 | #1,252 | 33 |
| 1919 | #1,063 | 41 |
| 1918 | #1,094 | 39 |
| 1917 | #1,033 | 40 |
| 1916 | #1,058 | 37 |
| 1915 | #1,082 | 35 |
| 1914 | #1,492 | 17 |
| 1913 | #1,173 | 19 |
| 1912 | #1,023 | 20 |
| 1911 | #856 | 15 |
| 1910 | #859 | 13 |
| 1909 | #893 | 11 |
| 1908 | #744 | 13 |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | #874 | 8 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #933 | 7 |
| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #785 | 11 |
| 1899 | #786 | 8 |
| 1898 | #744 | 9 |
| 1897 | #725 | 9 |
| 1896 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | #872 | 7 |
| 1894 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | #907 | 6 |
| 1892 | #956 | 6 |
| 1891 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | #814 | 7 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #755 | 8 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #866 | 5 |
| 1880 | #745 | 7 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Duke was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1887, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Duke
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 9 spots since 2024 (#704 → #695)
- 62 spots since 2020 (#633 → #695)
- 94 spots since 2015 (#601 → #695)
- Biggest jump: 601 spots in 1908 (#1,345 → #744)
- Biggest drop: 273 spots in 1901 (#785 → #1,058)
Rise & fade · boys
138 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2018 at #533 (529 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 61 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 61 yrs · run 1953–1971
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,433
- Highest: 1 in 3,433 boys born in 2018 were named Duke (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,380 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 31.9% of all boys named Duke (3,699) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 35 | #745 (1880) | #865 |
| 1890s | 67 | #725 (1897) | #894 |
| 1900s | 71 | #744 (1908) | #997 |
| 1910s | 276 | #856 (1911) | #1,073 |
| 1920s | 362 | #1,022 (1925) | #1,213 |
| 1930s | 344 | #922 (1937) | #1,172 |
| 1940s | 429 | #891 (1948) | #1,040 |
| 1950s | 780 | #714 (1956) | #849 |
| 1960s | 795 | #764 (1963) | #842 |
| 1970s | 553 | #905 (1970) | #1,190 |
| 1980s | 450 | #1,296 (1988) | #1,511 |
| 1990s | 566 | #1,313 (1993) | #1,660 |
| 2000s | 756 | #1,543 (2008) | #1,767 |
| 2010s | 3,699 | #533 (2018) | #775 |
| 2020s | 2,412 | #633 (2020) | #674 |
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.
Duke in 1970
boys
#905
78 births · 1 in 23,823 boys
Top boys' names in 1970
More about 1970
boys
1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 23,823 of them was named Duke, which outranked 83.3% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).