Durward
Last seen for boys in 1991 at #8,236
- Peak · boys
- 1912 · 59 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,873since 1884
Durward over time
Rank among boys' names. Durward has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,311 | 17 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,464 | 15 |
| 1970 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | #2,470 | 11 |
| 1966 | #2,132 | 14 |
| 1965 | #1,918 | 17 |
| 1964 | #1,850 | 19 |
| 1963 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1962 | #1,757 | 21 |
| 1961 | #2,148 | 15 |
| 1960 | #1,910 | 18 |
| 1959 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1958 | #1,483 | 28 |
| 1957 | #1,791 | 20 |
| 1956 | #1,886 | 18 |
| 1955 | #1,370 | 31 |
| 1954 | #1,628 | 22 |
| 1953 | #1,427 | 28 |
| 1952 | #1,615 | 22 |
| 1951 | #1,725 | 19 |
| 1950 | #1,499 | 24 |
| 1949 | #1,297 | 31 |
| 1948 | #1,256 | 33 |
| 1947 | #1,233 | 35 |
| 1946 | #1,145 | 37 |
| 1945 | #1,139 | 33 |
| 1944 | #1,120 | 35 |
| 1943 | #1,170 | 34 |
| 1942 | #1,054 | 41 |
| 1941 | #1,051 | 38 |
| 1940 | #1,067 | 37 |
| 1939 | #1,070 | 36 |
| 1938 | #1,247 | 28 |
| 1937 | #942 | 44 |
| 1936 | #1,095 | 35 |
| 1935 | #1,040 | 38 |
| 1934 | #897 | 49 |
| 1933 | #961 | 43 |
| 1932 | #924 | 49 |
| 1931 | #939 | 48 |
| 1930 | #1,053 | 43 |
| 1929 | #801 | 65 |
| 1928 | #992 | 48 |
| 1927 | #822 | 66 |
| 1926 | #842 | 61 |
| 1925 | #670 | 90 |
| 1924 | #759 | 77 |
| 1923 | #674 | 90 |
| 1922 | #657 | 95 |
| 1921 | #611 | 107 |
| 1920 | #653 | 94 |
| 1919 | #608 | 99 |
| 1918 | #632 | 94 |
| 1917 | #586 | 103 |
| 1916 | #524 | 118 |
| 1915 | #562 | 101 |
| 1914 | #599 | 71 |
| 1913 | #667 | 45 |
| 1912 | #510 | 59 |
| 1911 | #644 | 23 |
| 1910 | #981 | 11 |
| 1909 | #714 | 15 |
| 1908 | #685 | 15 |
| 1907 | #815 | 11 |
| 1906 | #852 | 9 |
| 1905 | #836 | 9 |
| 1904 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | #846 | 8 |
| 1902 | #794 | 9 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | #857 | 7 |
| 1893 | #836 | 7 |
| 1892 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | — | |
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| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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.
Where Durward is popular in 1920
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#365 · 1 in 2,674
- Oklahoma#383 · 1 in 3,622
- Alabama#387 · 1 in 3,657
- Missouri#421 · 1 in 5,572
- Illinois#499 · 1 in 10,678
Best ever in a state: #145 in Maine, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Texas | #365 | 19 | 1 in 2,674 |
| Oklahoma | #383 | 6 | 1 in 3,622 |
| Alabama | #387 | 7 | 1 in 3,657 |
| Missouri | #421 | 5 | 1 in 5,572 |
| Illinois | #499 | 5 | 1 in 10,678 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Durward
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1991
- Biggest jump: 337 spots in 1911 (#981 → #644)
- Biggest drop: 305 spots in 1938 (#942 → #1,247)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1912 at #510 (59 births)
- Births halved by 1938, 26 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1905–1929
- 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%)
- 27.6% of all boys named Durward (793) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #971 (1884) | #971 |
| 1890s | 39 | #836 (1893) | #988 |
| 1900s | 82 | #685 (1908) | #826 |
| 1910s | 724 | #510 (1912) | #631 |
| 1920s | 793 | #611 (1921) | #748 |
| 1930s | 413 | #897 (1934) | #1,017 |
| 1940s | 354 | #1,051 (1941) | #1,153 |
| 1950s | 224 | #1,370 (1955) | #1,684 |
| 1960s | 148 | #1,757 (1962) | #2,212 |
| 1970s | 66 | #2,311 (1973) | #3,943 |
| 1980s | 20 | #4,134 (1980) | #5,491 |
| 1990s | 5 | #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 1920
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
boys
1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 11,323 of them was named Durward, which outranked 86.9% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #649Connie95
- #649Jennings95
- #649Jules95
- #653Durward94
- #653Benton94
- #653Beverly94
- #653Brady94
- #660Claudie93
- #660Constantine93
- #660Dempsey93
Tied with 6 names at #653; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.