Total births
221
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.
- #13761
- among girls today
- 221
- born since 1964
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 22%
- more common than other girls
Duchess currently ranks #13761 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 #13761 nationally and more common than 22% 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.
- #13761 among girls today
- 221 born since 1964
- 2010s peak decade
- 22% more common than other girls
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
Duchess is currently the #13761 girls' name in America, more common than 22% of girls - 221 born since 1964, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13761
- among girls today
- 221
- born since 1964
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 22%
- more common than other girls
Duchess vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
#13761
of 17,726 girls in use
More common than 22% of names given to girls today.
2010s
Peak decade
37% of everyone ever named Duchess was born in this single decade.
2014
Single peak year
14 babies were named Duchess in 2014 - its busiest year on record.
How Duchess compares
221 39th percentile among 17,726 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 42% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Duchess | Median girls name (Emerly) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 221 | 382 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 48 | 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 at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
2014
Current rank
#13,761
Active since
1964
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
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
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).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Duchess? ▼
Duchess has been given to 221 babies in the U.S. since 1964, according to SSA data. Among girls, it ranks #13761 as of the latest data. 14 babies were born in 2014, its single highest year.
When was Duchess most popular? ▼
Duchess was most popular in the 2010s decade with 82 total births. The single peak year was 2014.
How long has the name Duchess been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Duchess since 1964 -- 62 years through the most recent 2025 data.
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.
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Duchess: #13761 Girls' Name - 221 Births, Peak 2014." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/duchess. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 July 2026.