Durk — boys' name
88 babies named Durk in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1954. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
59% of everyone ever named Durk was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Durk in 1954 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Durk
The Social Security Administration has registered 88 babies named Durk between 1954 and 1982, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Durk currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Durk performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Durk shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Durk 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 88 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.
Durk at a glance
Last recorded 1982Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Durk popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1954
- Peak year (1954)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1982.
88 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1954 with 17 births in a single year.
Durk by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 52 births that decade — 59% of Durk's all-time total
Durk decade highlights
- Peak decade 52 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Durk's strongest decade
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1954–1982 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.