Boys' name · since 1925
Duran
1,537 babies named Duran in U.S. Social Security records since 1925, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,893 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,260 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,537
- born since 1925
- 1980s
- peak decade
Duran currently ranks #7260 among boys' names in America, with 1,537 babies recorded since 1925.
Duran has 1,537 recorded births among boys since 1925, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7260 as of the latest data, more common than 48% of boys, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1925 to 2025.
- #3,893 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,260 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,537 born since 1925
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Duran ranks #3,893 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,260 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,537 born since 1925, peaking in the 1980s.
- #3,893 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,260 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,537
- born since 1925
- 1980s
- peak decade
Duran's 1,537 recorded births place it above 91.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Duran compares
1,537 Top 25% higher than 75% of 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
Duran's all-time total is 4x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Duran | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,537 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 68 | 34 | 22,252 |
Duran's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Duran splits its recorded history at 1987: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1933 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1984 peak of 68 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Duran popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–2025
- Peak year (1984)
- 68
- Annual births at peak, across 101 years of records
Duran by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (504 births, 33% of the file).
1980s was Duran's strongest decade.
504 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Duran births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 12
1920s
12 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 10
1940s
10 births
- 1950s 61
1950s
61 births
- 1960s 88
1960s
88 births
- 1970s 151
1970s
151 births
- 1980s
1980s
504 births
- 1990s
1990s
282 births
- 2000s
2000s
229 births
- 2010s 144
2010s
144 births
- 2020s 51
2020s
51 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 504 births (33% of all-time use).
How Duran compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Duran's total volume
Duran by state
Where Duran concentrates geographically, total births since 1925
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 73 | 4.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 23 | 1.5% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 20 | 1.3% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 11 | 0.7% |
| #5 | New York | | 10 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 10 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Hawaii | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.3% |
73 of 1,537 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Duran appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Duran's data
- Duran's decade-level peak was the 1980s (504 total births); usage has since declined to 51 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Durans (73 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Duran: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~100 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, 1925–2025 (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 Duran 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.