Duska — girls' name
36 babies named Duska in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 1951. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Duska was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Duska in 1951 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Duska
The Social Security Administration has registered 36 babies named Duska between 1951 and 1982, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Duska currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1951, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Duska performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Duska shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Duska 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 36 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.
Duska at a glance
Last recorded 1982Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Duska popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1951
- Peak year (1951)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1982.
36 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1951 with 6 births in a single year.
Duska by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 15 births that decade — 42% of Duska's all-time total
Duska decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Duska's strongest decade
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% 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, 1951–1982 (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.