Boys' name · since 2016
Dune
Since 2016, U.S. Social Security records show 103 babies named Dune, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,202 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,105 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 103
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
103 babies have been named Dune since 2016, making it today's #6105 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Dune recorded 103 times among boys since 2016, holding rank #6105 nationally today, ahead of 56% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2025.
- #17,202 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,105 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 103 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dune ranks #17,202 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,105 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 103 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,202 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,105 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 103
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Dune's 103 recorded births place it above 62.06% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Dune compares
103 26th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Dune's all-time total is 72% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dune | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 103 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 34 | 22,252 |
Dune's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dune splits its recorded history at 2022: 75% of all births land in the more recent half, 25% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2018 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dune popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Dune popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2023 (Dune as girls' name)
Dune by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (92 births, 89% of the file).
2020s was Dune's strongest decade.
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 89% of all-time use.
Dune births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
- 2020s
2020s
92 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 92 births (89% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dune: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~9 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, 2016–2025 (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 Dune 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.