Duke — #709 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Duke

The Social Security Administration has registered 11,200 babies named Duke between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Duke currently holds the #709 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 529 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Duke performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 3,698 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Duke shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,512 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Hawaii. In total, SSA state-level files list Duke in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Duke 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 11,200 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.