Duncan
Last seen for girls in 2015 at #16,419 · #1,123 for boys in 2025, 190 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1997 · 644 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 21,219since 1880
Duncan over time
Rank among boys' names. Duncan has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,123 | 190 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,103 | 195 | |
| 2023 | — | #930 | 244 | |
| 2022 | — | #913 | 253 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,016 | 216 | |
| 2020 | — | #982 | 217 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,013 | 205 | |
| 2018 | — | #915 | 235 | |
| 2017 | — | #869 | 251 | |
| 2016 | — | #806 | 286 | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #790 | 294 |
| 2014 | — | #800 | 287 | |
| 2013 | — | #823 | 262 | |
| 2012 | — | #830 | 263 | |
| 2011 | — | #800 | 275 | |
| 2010 | — | #708 | 329 | |
| 2009 | — | #735 | 318 | |
| 2008 | — | #716 | 324 | |
| 2007 | — | #764 | 288 | |
| 2006 | — | #656 | 351 | |
| 2005 | — | #617 | 359 | |
| 2004 | — | #566 | 402 | |
| 2003 | — | #543 | 421 | |
| 2002 | — | #487 | 472 | |
| 2001 | — | #474 | 500 | |
| 2000 | — | #447 | 530 | |
| 1999 | — | #410 | 576 | |
| 1998 | — | #386 | 641 | |
| 1997 | — | #378 | 644 | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #444 | 505 |
| 1995 | — | #473 | 456 | |
| 1994 | — | #512 | 388 | |
| 1993 | — | #567 | 326 | |
| 1992 | — | #638 | 260 | |
| 1991 | — | #661 | 235 | |
| 1990 | — | #740 | 190 | |
| 1989 | — | #690 | 208 | |
| 1988 | — | #721 | 170 | |
| 1987 | — | #715 | 163 | |
| 1986 | — | #710 | 162 | |
| 1985 | — | #690 | 164 | |
| 1984 | — | #742 | 137 | |
| 1983 | — | #752 | 132 | |
| 1982 | — | #920 | 94 | |
| 1981 | — | #976 | 85 | |
| 1980 | — | #901 | 99 | |
| 1979 | — | #960 | 85 | |
| 1978 | — | #938 | 85 | |
| 1977 | — | #981 | 76 | |
| 1976 | — | #911 | 83 | |
| 1975 | — | #894 | 85 | |
| 1974 | — | #867 | 85 | |
| 1973 | — | #728 | 121 | |
| 1972 | — | #877 | 84 | |
| 1971 | — | #828 | 95 | |
| 1970 | — | #712 | 134 | |
| 1969 | — | #782 | 97 | |
| 1968 | — | #748 | 98 | |
| 1967 | — | #793 | 84 | |
| 1966 | — | #722 | 106 | |
| 1965 | — | #660 | 126 | |
| 1964 | — | #625 | 154 | |
| 1963 | — | #492 | 263 | |
| 1962 | — | #649 | 142 | |
| 1961 | — | #651 | 145 | |
| 1960 | — | #594 | 174 | |
| 1959 | — | #490 | 253 | |
| 1958 | — | #471 | 281 | |
| 1957 | — | #537 | 208 | |
| 1956 | — | #567 | 178 | |
| 1955 | — | #616 | 145 | |
| 1954 | — | #589 | 157 | |
| 1953 | — | #590 | 149 | |
| 1952 | — | #589 | 141 | |
| 1951 | — | #590 | 138 | |
| 1950 | — | #588 | 133 | |
| 1949 | — | #567 | 140 | |
| 1948 | — | #579 | 133 | |
| 1947 | — | #535 | 158 | |
| 1946 | — | #586 | 120 | |
| 1945 | — | #563 | 114 | |
| 1944 | — | #612 | 102 | |
| 1943 | — | #612 | 106 | |
| 1942 | — | #571 | 117 | |
| 1941 | — | #589 | 101 | |
| 1940 | — | #643 | 87 | |
| 1939 | — | #733 | 67 | |
| 1938 | — | #736 | 69 | |
| 1937 | — | #713 | 71 | |
| 1936 | — | #729 | 68 | |
| 1935 | — | #750 | 67 | |
| 1934 | — | #860 | 53 | |
| 1933 | — | #782 | 61 | |
| 1932 | — | #780 | 66 | |
| 1931 | — | #785 | 64 | |
| 1930 | — | #782 | 67 | |
| 1929 | — | #752 | 71 | |
| 1928 | — | #663 | 89 | |
| 1927 | — | #898 | 57 | |
| 1926 | — | #759 | 72 | |
| 1925 | — | #697 | 86 | |
| 1924 | — | #759 | 77 | |
| 1923 | — | #777 | 72 | |
| 1922 | — | #722 | 82 | |
| 1921 | — | #772 | 75 | |
| 1920 | — | #691 | 86 | |
| 1919 | — | #760 | 72 | |
| 1918 | — | #700 | 81 | |
| 1917 | — | #761 | 68 | |
| 1916 | — | #750 | 66 | |
| 1915 | — | #698 | 70 | |
| 1914 | — | #712 | 53 | |
| 1913 | — | #648 | 47 | |
| 1912 | — | #599 | 46 | |
| 1911 | — | #605 | 25 | |
| 1910 | — | #822 | 14 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #712 | 14 | |
| 1907 | — | #778 | 12 | |
| 1906 | — | #752 | 11 | |
| 1905 | — | #699 | 12 | |
| 1904 | — | #566 | 16 | |
| 1903 | — | #550 | 16 | |
| 1902 | — | #687 | 11 | |
| 1901 | — | #858 | 7 | |
| 1900 | — | #603 | 17 | |
| 1899 | — | #661 | 10 | |
| 1898 | — | #611 | 13 | |
| 1897 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1896 | — | #551 | 14 | |
| 1895 | — | #556 | 14 | |
| 1894 | — | #668 | 10 | |
| 1893 | — | #650 | 10 | |
| 1892 | — | #445 | 19 | |
| 1891 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1890 | — | #667 | 9 | |
| 1889 | — | #464 | 16 | |
| 1888 | — | #505 | 15 | |
| 1887 | — | #392 | 18 | |
| 1886 | — | #540 | 12 | |
| 1885 | — | #498 | 14 | |
| 1884 | — | #613 | 10 | |
| 1883 | — | #412 | 18 | |
| 1882 | — | #540 | 12 | |
| 1881 | — | #503 | 12 | |
| 1880 | — | #526 | 12 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Duncan was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1909, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Duncan
- 20 spots since 2024 (#1,103 → #1,123)
- 141 spots since 2020 (#982 → #1,123)
- 333 spots since 2015 (#790 → #1,123)
- Biggest jump: 235 spots in 1928 (#898 → #663)
- Biggest drop: 255 spots in 1901 (#603 → #858)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1997 at #378 (644 births)
- Births halved by 2007, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 141 yrs · run 1910–2018
- Highest: 1 in 2,927 boys born in 1997 were named Duncan (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,990 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 19.9% of all boys named Duncan (4,221) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 139 | #392 (1887) | #499 |
| 1890s | 117 | #445 (1892) | #619 |
| 1900s | 116 | #550 (1903) | #689 |
| 1910s | 542 | #599 (1912) | #706 |
| 1920s | 767 | #663 (1928) | #749 |
| 1930s | 653 | #713 (1937) | #765 |
| 1940s | 1,178 | #535 (1947) | #586 |
| 1950s | 1,783 | #471 (1958) | #563 |
| 1960s | 1,389 | #492 (1963) | #672 |
| 1970s | 933 | #712 (1970) | #870 |
| 1980s | 1,414 | #690 (1989) | #782 |
| 1990s | 4,221 | #378 (1997) | #521 |
| 2000s | 3,965 | #447 (2000) | #601 |
| 2010s | 2,687 | #708 (2010) | #835 |
| 2020s | 1,315 | #913 (2022) | #1,011 |
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.
Duncan in 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 292,168 of them was named Duncan, which outranked 25.7% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #10,567Zuly7
- #10,567Zury7
- #10,567Zyanya7
- #11,807Duncan6
- #11,807Aalayah6
- #11,807Aamna6
- #11,807Aarthi6
- #13,518Aaleeyah5
- #13,518Abbiegail5
- #13,518Abigahil5
Tied with 1,710 names at #11,807; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 3,751 of them was named Duncan, which outranked 95.8% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.