Girls' name · since 1964
Duchess
221 babies named Duchess in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,796 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,968 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 221
- born since 1964
- 2010s
- peak decade
Duchess currently ranks #8968 among girls' names in America, with 221 babies recorded since 1964.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Duchess has been recorded 221 times among girls since 1964, currently ranked #8968 nationally and more common than 48% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 2025.
- #18,796 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,968 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 221 born since 1964
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Duchess ranks #18,796 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,968 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 221 born since 1964, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,796 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,968 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 221
- born since 1964
- 2010s
- peak decade
Duchess's 221 recorded births place it above 73.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Duchess compares
221 39th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Duchess's all-time total is 41% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Duchess | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 221 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Duchess's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Duchess's full recorded timeline at 2010, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1966, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2014 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Duchess popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 62 years of records
Duchess by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (82 births, 37% of the file).
2010s was Duchess's strongest decade.
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Duchess births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 19
1960s
19 births
- 1970s
1970s
33 births
- 1980s 20
1980s
20 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
82 births
- 2020s
2020s
56 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 82 births (37% of all-time use).
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What to do with Duchess's data
- Duchess's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (82 total births) through the 2020s (56) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Duchess
Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Duchess
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Duchess: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~61 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, 1964–2025 (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 Duchess 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.