Meaning not yet researched.
Duane: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 51 in 2025. Its best rank was #102 in 1933.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #102 in 1933; #2,578 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Duane in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,578 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1933, at #102.
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Duane: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 51 boys in 2025. Peak: #102 in 1933 · most boys in one year: 2,965 (1959).
In 2025, 51 US boys were named Duane, making it the 2,578th most common boys’ name of the year, down 497 places from #2,081 in 2024. That is 21 fewer than the 72 boys named Duane in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #102, reached in 1933. The most boys given the name in a single year was 2,965, in 1959. For comparison, it was #1,477 in 2015 and #137 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Duane in 133 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1885 with 5 babies. In all, 116,456 US babies have been given the name, 0.9% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 24,272 babies named Duane.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 792 US boys were named Duane; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 115. In 2025 that was about 1 in 33,492 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Duane ranked highest in California in 2025, at #2,046 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Dwayne (77,200 babies since 1880) and Dewayne (26,598 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Duaine, Duayne and Duanne are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Duaine (1,052), Duayne (279), Duanne (163), Duain (50), Duann (10).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Duane in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 50 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 7 | #2,046 | #2,101 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 51 | #2,578 |
| 2024 | — | — | 72 | #2,081 |
| 2023 | — | — | 70 | #2,102 |
| 2022 | — | — | 71 | #2,101 |
| 2021 | — | — | 81 | #1,890 |
| 2020 | — | — | 79 | #1,880 |
| 2019 | — | — | 70 | #2,066 |
| 2018 | — | — | 81 | #1,859 |
| 2017 | — | — | 102 | #1,587 |
| 2016 | — | — | 115 | #1,485 |
| 2015 | — | — | 113 | #1,477 |
| 2014 | — | — | 100 | #1,578 |
| 2013 | — | — | 108 | #1,503 |
| 2012 | — | — | 128 | #1,332 |
| 2011 | — | — | 130 | #1,312 |
| 2010 | — | — | 128 | #1,333 |
| 2009 | — | — | 121 | #1,403 |
| 2008 | — | — | 160 | #1,139 |
| 2007 | — | — | 149 | #1,184 |
| 2006 | — | — | 150 | #1,137 |
| 2005 | — | — | 147 | #1,118 |
| 2004 | — | — | 161 | #1,019 |
| 2003 | — | — | 155 | #1,020 |
| 2002 | — | — | 178 | #907 |
| 2001 | — | — | 177 | #891 |
| 2000 | — | — | 185 | #861 |
| 1999 | — | — | 175 | #863 |
| 1998 | — | — | 206 | #769 |
| 1997 | — | — | 203 | #742 |
| 1996 | — | — | 236 | #689 |
| 1995 | — | — | 252 | #658 |
| 1994 | — | — | 259 | #646 |
| 1993 | — | — | 269 | #626 |
| 1992 | — | — | 325 | #564 |
| 1991 | — | — | 333 | #555 |
| 1990 | — | — | 357 | #521 |
| 1989 | 6 | #11,233 | 401 | #476 |
| 1988 | — | — | 390 | #460 |
| 1987 | 8 | #8,210 | 428 | #423 |
| 1986 | 5 | #11,440 | 453 | #397 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,593 | 566 | #337 |
| 1984 | — | — | 552 | #336 |
| 1983 | — | — | 531 | #342 |
| 1982 | — | — | 594 | #321 |
| 1981 | — | — | 612 | #310 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,403 | 720 | #289 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,500 | 829 | #254 |
| 1978 | — | — | 837 | #247 |
| 1977 | 8 | #7,055 | 1,048 | #213 |
| 1976 | — | — | 1,049 | #207 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,935 | 1,042 | #207 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,401 | 1,201 | #187 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,968 | 1,334 | #176 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,141 | 1,677 | #158 |
| 1971 | 15 | #3,994 | 1,615 | #167 |
| 1970 | 19 | #3,338 | 1,772 | #163 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,247 | 1,887 | #156 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,574 | 1,961 | #146 |
| 1967 | 17 | #3,114 | 2,110 | #139 |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,440 | 2,116 | #140 |
| 1965 | 11 | #4,012 | 2,274 | #135 |
| 1964 | 17 | #3,151 | 2,528 | #130 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,335 | 2,594 | #130 |
| 1962 | 14 | #3,472 | 2,600 | #135 |
| 1961 | 14 | #3,494 | 2,734 | #132 |
| 1960 | 15 | #3,253 | 2,951 | #127 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,484 | 2,965 | #126 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,621 | 2,614 | #136 |
| 1957 | 17 | #2,842 | 2,621 | #136 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,955 | 2,596 | #127 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,636 | 2,345 | #135 |
| 1954 | 14 | #3,060 | 2,325 | #136 |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,773 | 2,338 | #132 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,222 | 2,231 | #131 |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,148 | 2,146 | #130 |
| 1950 | 19 | #2,273 | 1,963 | #137 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,244 | 1,997 | #137 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,422 | 1,963 | #140 |
| 1947 | 18 | #2,375 | 2,092 | #135 |
| 1946 | 21 | #2,045 | 1,712 | #142 |
| 1945 | 23 | #1,761 | 1,582 | #138 |
| 1944 | 18 | #2,048 | 1,561 | #135 |
| 1943 | 23 | #1,804 | 1,622 | #138 |
| 1942 | 27 | #1,603 | 1,620 | #132 |
| 1941 | 27 | #1,509 | 1,535 | #129 |
| 1940 | 25 | #1,556 | 1,388 | #134 |
| 1939 | 26 | #1,482 | 1,494 | #118 |
| 1938 | 31 | #1,322 | 1,616 | #114 |
| 1937 | 31 | #1,311 | 1,630 | #115 |
| 1936 | 21 | #1,652 | 1,725 | #110 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,685 | 1,830 | #105 |
| 1934 | 21 | #1,660 | 1,837 | #104 |
| 1933 | 21 | #1,670 | 1,765 | #102 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,976 | 1,710 | #105 |
| 1931 | 24 | #1,563 | 1,728 | #104 |
| 1930 | 22 | #1,717 | 1,520 | #120 |
| 1929 | 27 | #1,498 | 1,246 | #137 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,215 | 1,212 | #141 |
| 1927 | 26 | #1,630 | 1,082 | #147 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,377 | 963 | #160 |
| 1925 | 19 | #2,054 | 896 | #170 |
| 1924 | 20 | #2,015 | 815 | #176 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,772 | 725 | #190 |
| 1922 | — | — | 625 | #209 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,480 | 546 | #241 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,530 | 455 | #257 |
| 1919 | — | — | 311 | #315 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,981 | 303 | #329 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,940 | 209 | #388 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,342 | 215 | #375 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,905 | 196 | #382 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,293 | 114 | #449 |
| 1913 | — | — | 79 | #487 |
| 1912 | — | — | 74 | #461 |
| 1911 | — | — | 27 | #587 |
| 1910 | — | — | 26 | #558 |
| 1909 | — | — | 21 | #579 |
| 1908 | — | — | 11 | #841 |
| 1907 | — | — | 16 | #641 |
| 1906 | — | — | 11 | #770 |
| 1905 | — | — | 5 | #1,284 |
| 1904 | — | — | 12 | #696 |
| 1903 | — | — | 16 | #556 |
| 1902 | — | — | 6 | #1,041 |
| 1900 | — | — | 6 | #1,204 |
| 1899 | — | — | 5 | #1,091 |
| 1898 | — | — | 7 | #907 |
| 1897 | — | — | 5 | #1,107 |
| 1896 | — | — | 5 | #1,140 |
| 1893 | — | — | 8 | #787 |
| 1891 | — | — | 5 | #1,010 |
| 1887 | — | — | 5 | #972 |
| 1885 | — | — | 5 | #978 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).