Duke

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Duke is ranked 709th among boys in 2024 (375 births). Its best rank was 533rd, in 2018.

Rank in 2024: #709down 26 from 2023
Births in 2024: 3750.02% of boys
Peak year: 2018529 births
Best rank: #533in 2018
Since 1880: 11,200people given the name

Babies named Duke, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

11,200 boys have been named Duke in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2018, with 529 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2010, and the 2010s alone account for 33%. It has spent 57 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Duke
1880s	35
1890s	67
1900s	71
1910s	276
1920s	362
1930s	344
1940s	429
1950s	780
1960s	796
1970s	553
1980s	450
1990s	567
2000s	756
2010s	3,698
2020s	2,016

In 2018, its biggest year

Duke was the 533rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2018 were Liam, Noah, William, James and Oliver. See all of 2018.

Names that rose and fell with Duke

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.