Boys' name · since 1920

Dupre

16 babies named Dupre in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#30,657 of 45,481
all-time among boys
16
born since 1920
1970s
peak decade

16 boys have been named Dupre since 1920, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.

Dupre has 16 recorded births among boys since 1920, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 1979.

  • #30,657 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • 16 born since 1920
  • 1970s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dupre ranks #30,657 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1920, peaking in the 1970s.

#30,657 of 45,481
all-time among boys
16
born since 1920
1970s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Dupre's 16 recorded births place it above 31.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Dupre's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Dupre's full recorded timeline at 1973, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1920, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1973 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Dupre popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–1979

Last recorded 1979
Peak year (1973)
6
Annual births at peak, across 60 years of records
4.555.566.5 192019731979 5

Dupre by decade

1970s is the heaviest window (11 births, 69% of the file).

1970s was Dupre's strongest decade.

11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.

Dupre births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1970s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Dupre? ▼
Dupre has been given to 16 babies in the U.S. since 1920, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #30,657 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 1979. 6 babies were born in 1973, its single highest year.
Where does Dupre sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dupre ranks #30,657 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Dupre most popular? ▼
Dupre was most popular in the 1970s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 1973.
How long has the name Dupre been used? ▼
Dupre has been recorded in Social Security data since 1920, spanning 60 years of data through 1979.
What names are similar to Dupre? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Dupree, Dupri. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Dupre: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1920–1979 (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 Dupre 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.