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

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Peak · boys
#378
1997 · 644 births
Debut · boys
1880
12 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
21,219
since 1880

Duncan over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Duncan has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015peak #378, 1997boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,123190
2024—#1,103195
2023—#930244
2022—#913253
2021—#1,016216
2020—#982217
2019—#1,013205
2018—#915235
2017—#869251
2016—#806286
2015#16,4195#790294
2014—#800287
2013—#823262
2012—#830263
2011—#800275
2010—#708329
2009—#735318
2008—#716324
2007—#764288
2006—#656351
2005—#617359
2004—#566402
2003—#543421
2002—#487472
2001—#474500
2000—#447530
1999—#410576
1998—#386641
1997—#378644
1996#11,8076#444505
1995—#473456
1994—#512388
1993—#567326
1992—#638260
1991—#661235
1990—#740190
1989—#690208
1988—#721170
1987—#715163
1986—#710162
1985—#690164
1984—#742137
1983—#752132
1982—#92094
1981—#97685
1980—#90199
1979—#96085
1978—#93885
1977—#98176
1976—#91183
1975—#89485
1974—#86785
1973—#728121
1972—#87784
1971—#82895
1970—#712134
1969—#78297
1968—#74898
1967—#79384
1966—#722106
1965—#660126
1964—#625154
1963—#492263
1962—#649142
1961—#651145
1960—#594174
1959—#490253
1958—#471281
1957—#537208
1956—#567178
1955—#616145
1954—#589157
1953—#590149
1952—#589141
1951—#590138
1950—#588133
1949—#567140
1948—#579133
1947—#535158
1946—#586120
1945—#563114
1944—#612102
1943—#612106
1942—#571117
1941—#589101
1940—#64387
1939—#73367
1938—#73669
1937—#71371
1936—#72968
1935—#75067
1934—#86053
1933—#78261
1932—#78066
1931—#78564
1930—#78267
1929—#75271
1928—#66389
1927—#89857
1926—#75972
1925—#69786
1924—#75977
1923—#77772
1922—#72282
1921—#77275
1920—#69186
1919—#76072
1918—#70081
1917—#76168
1916—#75066
1915—#69870
1914—#71253
1913—#64847
1912—#59946
1911—#60525
1910—#82214
1909——
1908—#71214
1907—#77812
1906—#75211
1905—#69912
1904—#56616
1903—#55016
1902—#68711
1901—#8587
1900—#60317
1899—#66110
1898—#61113
1897—#7878
1896—#55114
1895—#55614
1894—#66810
1893—#65010
1892—#44519
1891—#59710
1890—#6679
1889—#46416
1888—#50515
1887—#39218
1886—#54012
1885—#49814
1884—#61310
1883—#41218
1882—#54012
1881—#50312
1880—#52612
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
117 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1997 at #378 (644 births)
  • Births halved by 2007, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 141 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 141 yrs · run 1910–2018
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,927
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 19.9% of all boys named Duncan (4,221) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s139#392 (1887)#499
1890s117#445 (1892)#619
1900s116#550 (1903)#689
1910s542#599 (1912)#706
1920s767#663 (1928)#749
1930s653#713 (1937)#765
1940s1,178#535 (1947)#586
1950s1,783#471 (1958)#563
1960s1,389#492 (1963)#672
1970s933#712 (1970)#870
1980s1,414#690 (1989)#782
1990s4,221#378 (1997)#521
2000s3,965#447 (2000)#601
2010s2,687#708 (2010)#835
2020s1,315#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 2015

girls
#16,419
5 births · 1 in 357,020 girls
boys
#790
294 births · 1 in 6,520 boys

Top girls' names in 2015

  1. #1Emma20,487
  2. #2Olivia19,729
  3. #3Sophia17,454
  4. #4Ava16,416
  5. #5Isabella15,667
  6. #6Mia14,943
  7. #7Abigail12,422
  8. #8Emily11,808
  9. #9Charlotte11,415
  10. #10Harper10,311
  11. #16,419Duncan5

Top boys' names in 2015

  1. #1Noah19,680
  2. #2Liam18,410
  3. #3Mason16,675
  4. #4Jacob16,005
  5. #5William15,950
  6. #6Ethan15,103
  7. #7James14,865
  8. #8Alexander14,584
  9. #9Michael14,504
  10. #10Benjamin13,732
  11. #790Duncan294
More about 2015

girls

1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 357,020 of them was named Duncan, which outranked 14.2% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Duncan
  1. #14,482Zymiah6
  2. #14,482Zyria6
  3. #14,482Zyriel6
  4. #16,419Duncan5
  5. #16,419Aabriella5
  6. #16,419Aada5
  7. #16,419Aailiyah5

Tied with 2,711 names at #16,419; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,984Alaia#2,648 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,835Meilani#2,781 → #946
  3. ↑ 1,733Aitana#2,648 → #915
  4. ↑ 1,387Aislinn#2,351 → #964
  5. ↑ 1,072Taya#2,049 → #977
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Isis#703 → #1,778
  2. ↓ 502Annabell#923 → #1,425
  3. ↓ 500Anabel#911 → #1,411
  4. ↓ 344Cindy#711 → #1,055
  5. ↓ 334Anabella#529 → #863

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

boys

1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 6,520 of them was named Duncan, which outranked 94.4% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Duncan
  1. #784Mayson297
  2. #788Darian296
  3. #788Yousef296
  4. #790Duncan294
  5. #790Dwayne294
  6. #790Fisher294
  7. #790Giovani294
  8. #796Alfonso293
  9. #796Anders293
  10. #796Braeden293

Tied with 5 names at #790; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,348Riaan#2,277 → #929
  2. ↑ 397Huxley#1,355 → #958
  3. ↑ 355Wilder#1,313 → #958
  4. ↑ 284Jaziel#1,218 → #934
  5. ↑ 268Canaan#1,074 → #806
Fallers
  1. ↓ 676Arnav#891 → #1,567
  2. ↓ 262Jayse#906 → #1,168
  3. ↓ 239Neymar#551 → #790
  4. ↓ 228Rylee#877 → #1,105
  5. ↓ 204Johnathon#915 → #1,119

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

See the top 100 for 2015 →