Duchess — #13712 US girls' name
210 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.
More common than 22% of names given to girls today.
39% of everyone ever named Duchess was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Duchess in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Duchess
The Social Security Administration has registered 210 babies named Duchess between 1964 and 2024, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Duchess currently holds the #13712 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Duchess performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Duchess shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Duchess 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 210 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.
Duchess at a glance
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Current rank
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Duchess popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1964
- Peak year (2014)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 61 years of records
Currently ranks #13712 among girls.
210 total births across 61 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 14 births in a single year.
Duchess by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 82 births that decade — 39% of Duchess's all-time total
Duchess decade highlights
- Peak decade 82 births
- Runner-up 45 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Duchess's strongest decade
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1964–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.