Boys' name · since 1980
Du
Since 1980, U.S. Social Security records show 27 babies named Du, peaking in 1982. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,632 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 27
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
27 boys have been named Du since 1980, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Du has 27 recorded births among boys since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 1988.
- #26,632 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 27 born since 1980
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Du ranks #26,632 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 1980, peaking in the 1980s.
- #26,632 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 27
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Du's 27 recorded births place it above 41.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Du's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Du splits its recorded history at 1982: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1982 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Du popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1988
- Peak year (1982)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Du by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (27 births, 100% of the file).
1980s was Du's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Du births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 27 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Du: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~8 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1980–1988 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Du draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.