Meaning not yet researched.
Duke: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 390 in 2025. Its best rank was #533 in 2018.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #533 in 2018; #695 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Duke in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#695 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2018, at #533.
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Duke: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 390 boys in 2025. Peak: #533 in 2018 · most boys in one year: 529 (2018).
In 2025, 390 US boys were named Duke, making it the 695th most common boys’ name of the year, up 10 places from #705 in 2024. That is 9 more than the 381 boys named Duke in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #533, reached in 2018. That year also had the most boys given the name: 529. For comparison, it was #603 in 2015 and #887 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Duke in 141 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 7 babies. In all, 11,595 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 3,699 babies named Duke.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,501 US boys were named Duke; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 529. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,380 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Duke ranked highest in Hawaii in 2025, at #183 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Duc, Duce and Duece 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.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Duc (421), Duce (10), Duece (10), Duice (5).
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 Duke 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 18 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 6 | #183 | #107 |
| Connecticut | 7 | #399 | — |
| Iowa | 8 | #412 | #361 |
| Utah | 11 | #415 | #325 |
| Arkansas | 7 | #456 | — |
| Colorado | 12 | #475 | #445 |
| Wisconsin | 10 | #494 | #461 |
| Arizona | 14 | #501 | #500 |
| Minnesota | 10 | #529 | #660 |
| Nevada | 5 | #533 | #527 |
| Missouri | 11 | #535 | #621 |
| Mississippi | 5 | #551 | — |
| Indiana | 12 | #554 | #587 |
| Kansas | 5 | #615 | #403 |
| Pennsylvania | 14 | #638 | #871 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | #644 | #427 |
| California | 43 | #645 | #534 |
| Tennessee | 11 | #649 | #849 |
| Michigan | 12 | #650 | #565 |
| Illinois | 14 | #651 | #620 |
| Louisiana | 6 | #698 | — |
| Alabama | 6 | #705 | — |
| Virginia | 9 | #750 | #596 |
| Georgia | 12 | #762 | #744 |
| South Carolina | 5 | #776 | — |
| New Jersey | 8 | #786 | — |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #812 | #525 |
| Ohio | 10 | #818 | #630 |
| Washington | 7 | #825 | #500 |
| Florida | 17 | #857 | #753 |
| Texas | 29 | #883 | #482 |
| New York | 12 | #1,008 | #965 |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,060 | #1,027 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 390 | #695 |
| 2024 | — | — | 381 | #705 |
| 2023 | — | — | 395 | #683 |
| 2022 | — | — | 403 | #678 |
| 2021 | — | — | 419 | #652 |
| 2020 | — | — | 424 | #633 |
| 2019 | — | — | 522 | #541 |
| 2018 | — | — | 529 | #533 |
| 2017 | — | — | 523 | #541 |
| 2016 | — | — | 515 | #558 |
| 2015 | — | — | 455 | #603 |
| 2014 | — | — | 384 | #669 |
| 2013 | — | — | 323 | #722 |
| 2012 | — | — | 160 | #1,147 |
| 2011 | — | — | 147 | #1,201 |
| 2010 | — | — | 141 | #1,247 |
| 2009 | — | — | 89 | #1,733 |
| 2008 | — | — | 104 | #1,548 |
| 2007 | — | — | 96 | #1,615 |
| 2006 | — | — | 89 | #1,621 |
| 2005 | — | — | 75 | #1,759 |
| 2004 | — | — | 62 | #1,959 |
| 2003 | — | — | 74 | #1,678 |
| 2002 | — | — | 59 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | — | — | 53 | #2,013 |
| 2000 | — | — | 55 | #1,900 |
| 1999 | — | — | 54 | #1,833 |
| 1998 | — | — | 49 | #1,967 |
| 1997 | — | — | 59 | #1,676 |
| 1996 | — | — | 44 | #1,996 |
| 1995 | — | — | 55 | #1,655 |
| 1994 | — | — | 63 | #1,500 |
| 1993 | — | — | 75 | #1,315 |
| 1992 | — | — | 65 | #1,420 |
| 1991 | — | — | 43 | #1,842 |
| 1990 | — | — | 59 | #1,471 |
| 1989 | — | — | 50 | #1,593 |
| 1988 | — | — | 63 | #1,299 |
| 1987 | — | — | 56 | #1,321 |
| 1986 | — | — | 33 | #1,849 |
| 1985 | — | — | 37 | #1,681 |
| 1984 | — | — | 36 | #1,638 |
| 1983 | — | — | 44 | #1,433 |
| 1982 | — | — | 43 | #1,466 |
| 1981 | — | — | 41 | #1,506 |
| 1980 | — | — | 47 | #1,383 |
| 1979 | — | — | 70 | #1,062 |
| 1978 | — | — | 36 | #1,578 |
| 1977 | — | — | 36 | #1,549 |
| 1976 | — | — | 43 | #1,359 |
| 1975 | — | — | 44 | #1,308 |
| 1974 | — | — | 52 | #1,140 |
| 1973 | — | — | 62 | #1,025 |
| 1972 | — | — | 57 | #1,073 |
| 1971 | — | — | 75 | #944 |
| 1970 | — | — | 78 | #905 |
| 1969 | — | — | 75 | #881 |
| 1968 | — | — | 62 | #921 |
| 1967 | — | — | 73 | #837 |
| 1966 | — | — | 84 | #795 |
| 1965 | — | — | 70 | #877 |
| 1964 | — | — | 89 | #801 |
| 1963 | — | — | 100 | #764 |
| 1962 | — | — | 77 | #864 |
| 1961 | — | — | 69 | #918 |
| 1960 | — | — | 96 | #776 |
| 1959 | — | — | 107 | #738 |
| 1958 | — | — | 89 | #791 |
| 1957 | — | — | 108 | #721 |
| 1956 | — | — | 105 | #715 |
| 1955 | — | — | 85 | #794 |
| 1954 | — | — | 75 | #836 |
| 1953 | — | — | 53 | #991 |
| 1952 | — | — | 49 | #1,034 |
| 1951 | — | — | 49 | #1,007 |
| 1950 | — | — | 60 | #887 |
| 1949 | — | — | 38 | #1,149 |
| 1948 | — | — | 59 | #893 |
| 1947 | — | — | 47 | #1,055 |
| 1946 | — | — | 43 | #1,047 |
| 1945 | — | — | 35 | #1,106 |
| 1944 | — | — | 28 | #1,262 |
| 1943 | — | — | 46 | #986 |
| 1942 | — | — | 42 | #1,040 |
| 1941 | — | — | 46 | #943 |
| 1940 | — | — | 45 | #955 |
| 1939 | — | — | 41 | #996 |
| 1938 | — | — | 46 | #929 |
| 1937 | — | — | 46 | #925 |
| 1936 | — | — | 38 | #1,034 |
| 1935 | — | — | 22 | #1,463 |
| 1934 | — | — | 28 | #1,277 |
| 1933 | — | — | 31 | #1,185 |
| 1932 | — | — | 19 | #1,666 |
| 1931 | — | — | 40 | #1,068 |
| 1930 | — | — | 33 | #1,241 |
| 1929 | — | — | 22 | #1,577 |
| 1928 | — | — | 40 | #1,113 |
| 1927 | — | — | 45 | #1,046 |
| 1926 | — | — | 43 | #1,071 |
| 1925 | — | — | 45 | #1,025 |
| 1924 | — | — | 35 | #1,229 |
| 1923 | — | — | 27 | #1,437 |
| 1922 | — | — | 41 | #1,112 |
| 1921 | — | — | 31 | #1,335 |
| 1920 | — | — | 33 | #1,259 |
| 1919 | — | — | 41 | #1,067 |
| 1918 | — | — | 39 | #1,099 |
| 1917 | — | — | 40 | #1,042 |
| 1916 | — | — | 37 | #1,063 |
| 1915 | — | — | 35 | #1,091 |
| 1914 | — | — | 17 | #1,507 |
| 1913 | — | — | 19 | #1,180 |
| 1912 | — | — | 20 | #1,037 |
| 1911 | — | — | 15 | #868 |
| 1910 | — | — | 13 | #883 |
| 1909 | — | — | 11 | #910 |
| 1908 | — | — | 13 | #754 |
| 1907 | — | — | 5 | #1,394 |
| 1906 | — | — | 5 | #1,289 |
| 1905 | — | — | 6 | #1,130 |
| 1904 | — | — | 8 | #906 |
| 1902 | — | — | 7 | #955 |
| 1901 | — | — | 5 | #1,094 |
| 1900 | — | — | 11 | #798 |
| 1899 | — | — | 8 | #802 |
| 1898 | — | — | 9 | #761 |
| 1897 | — | — | 9 | #743 |
| 1896 | — | — | 5 | #1,141 |
| 1895 | — | — | 7 | #903 |
| 1894 | — | — | 5 | #1,128 |
| 1893 | — | — | 6 | #938 |
| 1892 | — | — | 6 | #990 |
| 1891 | — | — | 5 | #1,011 |
| 1890 | — | — | 7 | #830 |
| 1888 | — | — | 8 | #765 |
| 1886 | — | — | 5 | #1,004 |
| 1884 | — | — | 5 | #1,007 |
| 1883 | — | — | 5 | #933 |
| 1881 | — | — | 5 | #902 |
| 1880 | — | — | 7 | #765 |
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).