Durwood — boys' name

What the Data Says About Durwood

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,688 babies named Durwood between 1908 and 1997, spanning 90 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Durwood currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1943, when 72 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Durwood performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 574 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Durwood shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 498 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Durwood in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Durwood 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 2,688 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.