Duff — boys' name

What the Data Says About Duff

The Social Security Administration has registered 441 babies named Duff between 1880 and 2008, spanning 129 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Duff currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Duff performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 177 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Duff shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Duff in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Duff 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 441 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.