Duane — #2076 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Duane

The Social Security Administration has registered 115,384 babies named Duane between 1885 and 2024, spanning 140 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Duane currently holds the #2076 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 2,966 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Duane performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 24,143 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Duane shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 10,165 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Duane in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Duane 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 115,384 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.