Boys' name · peaked in 1933
Duane name popularity since 1925
111,503 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Duane (0.8% girls, 99.2% boys). Half of them were born in 1956 or earlier, so the typical Duane is about 70 years old in 2026. Duane peaked in 1933 as the #102 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 111,503
- Named Duane, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1933
- #102 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,578 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.2% boys
- 930 girls · 110,573 boys
- Most popular in
- North Dakota
- 8.78× its national share
Peak year is the year Duane made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Duane births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1959. Measured as a share of all babies, Duane peaked in 1933.
- Fastest rise: Between 1926 and 1931, Duane became 1.9× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 1976 and 1981, its share of baby boys fell by 49%, from 1 in 1,500 to 1 in 2,930.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Duane's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Duane.
Decade by decade
Babies named Duane in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 103 | 5,399 | – |
| 1930s | 235 | 16,855 | #105 |
| 1940s | 203 | 17,072 | #138 |
| 1950s | 128 | 24,144 | #135 |
| 1960s | 134 | 23,755 | #135 |
| 1970s | 95 | 12,404 | #207 |
| 1980s | 32 | 5,247 | #337 |
| 1990s | 0 | 2,615 | #658 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1,583 | #1,118 |
| 2010s | 0 | 1,075 | #1,477 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 424 | #2,578 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
40.9% of babies named Duane from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Duane is most popular
The index compares Duane's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Duane.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 8.78× | 2,992 |
| South Dakota | 6.26× | 2,157 |
| Iowa | 4.08× | 5,599 |
| Minnesota | 4.02× | 7,930 |
| Nebraska | 3.84× | 2,913 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Duane's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Duane.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Duane (1933).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data