Duan — boys' name

What the Data Says About Duan

The Social Security Administration has registered 571 babies named Duan between 1953 and 2019, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Duan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Duan performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 153 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Duan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Duan in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Duan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 571 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.