Durward

Last seen for boys in 1991 at #8,236

Peak · boys
1912 · 59 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,873
since 1884

Durward over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Durward has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201890peak #510, 1912boys
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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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1991#8,2365
1990
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1986#6,7215
1985
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1983
1982#5,6196
1981
1980#4,1349
1979#5,3556
1978#5,0596
1977#4,5827
1976
1975#4,3097
1974
1973#2,31117
1972
1971#2,46415
1970#3,5218
1969#3,0629
1968#2,57611
1967#2,47011
1966#2,13214
1965#1,91817
1964#1,85019
1963#2,30013
1962#1,75721
1961#2,14815
1960#1,91018
1959#2,41412
1958#1,48328
1957#1,79120
1956#1,88618
1955#1,37031
1954#1,62822
1953#1,42728
1952#1,61522
1951#1,72519
1950#1,49924
1949#1,29731
1948#1,25633
1947#1,23335
1946#1,14537
1945#1,13933
1944#1,12035
1943#1,17034
1942#1,05441
1941#1,05138
1940#1,06737
1939#1,07036
1938#1,24728
1937#94244
1936#1,09535
1935#1,04038
1934#89749
1933#96143
1932#92449
1931#93948
1930#1,05343
1929#80165
1928#99248
1927#82266
1926#84261
1925#67090
1924#75977
1923#67490
1922#65795
1921#611107
1920#65394
1919#60899
1918#63294
1917#586103
1916#524118
1915#562101
1914#59971
1913#66745
1912#51059
1911#64423
1910#98111
1909#71415
1908#68515
1907#81511
1906#8529
1905#8369
1904#1,0646
1903#8468
1902#7949
1901
1900
1899
1898#1,1215
1897
1896
1895#1,0795
1894#8577
1893#8367
1892#1,0665
1891#9635
1890#9945
1889
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1884#9715
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First appearance
1884

The first year at least five boys were named Durward! It came in at #971, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1884–1892, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Durward
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1991
  • Biggest jump: 337 spots in 1911 (#981#644)
  • Biggest drop: 305 spots in 1938 (#942#1,247)
Rise & fade · boys
28 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1912 at #510 (59 births)
  • Births halved by 1938, 26 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 37 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1905–1929
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,287
  • Highest: 1 in 7,287 boys born in 1912 were named Durward (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 404,066 boys born in 1991 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 27.6% of all boys named Durward (793) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#971 (1884)#971
1890s39#836 (1893)#988
1900s82#685 (1908)#826
1910s724#510 (1912)#631
1920s793#611 (1921)#748
1930s413#897 (1934)#1,017
1940s354#1,051 (1941)#1,153
1950s224#1,370 (1955)#1,684
1960s148#1,757 (1962)#2,212
1970s66#2,311 (1973)#3,943
1980s20#4,134 (1980)#5,491
1990s5#8,236 (1991)#8,236

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.

Durward in 1890

boys
#994
5 births · 1 in 22,205 boys

Top boys' names in 1890

  1. #1John8,502
  2. #2William7,494
  3. #3James5,097
  4. #4George4,458
  5. #5Charles4,061
  6. #6Frank3,078
  7. #7Joseph2,670
  8. #8Robert2,541
  9. #9Henry2,349
  10. #10Harry2,345
  11. #994Durward5
More about 1890

boys

111,024 boys got a published name in 1890; 1 in 22,205 of them was named Durward, which outranked 14.4% of the 1,161 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Durward
  1. #884Willam6
  2. #884Winston6
  3. #884Wright6
  4. #994Durward5
  5. #994Add5
  6. #994Adolfo5
  7. #994Alberto5

Tied with 167 names at #994; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1889
Risers
  1. 463Hoyt#974#511
  2. 441Ebb#974#533
  3. 371Eva#974#603
  4. 371Perley#974#603
  5. 371Jimmy#974#603
Fallers
  1. 530Alvie#464#994
  2. 438Thornton#446#884
  3. 420Hezekiah#464#884
  4. 413Essie#581#994
  5. 413Clare#581#994

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

See the top 100 for 1890