Girls' name · since 1929
Durene
Durene has 92 recorded births since 1929 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1950 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,009 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 92
- born since 1929
- 1950s
- peak decade
92 girls have been named Durene since 1929, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Durene has 92 recorded births among girls since 1929, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1929 to 1968.
- #28,009 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 92 born since 1929
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Durene ranks #28,009 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 92 born since 1929, peaking in the 1950s.
- #28,009 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 92
- born since 1929
- 1950s
- peak decade
Durene's 92 recorded births place it above 61.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Durene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Durene splits its recorded history at 1951: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1932 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1950 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Durene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1929–1968
- Peak year (1950)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Durene by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (40 births, 43% of the file).
1950s was Durene's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Durene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1930s
1930s
22 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
40 births
- 1960s
1960s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 40 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Durene's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (40 total births) through the 1960s (19) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Durene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1950)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1929–1968 (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 Durene 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.