Duwane — boys' name
106 babies named Duwane in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Duwane was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Duwane in 1974 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Duwane
The Social Security Administration has registered 106 babies named Duwane between 1922 and 1982, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Duwane currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Duwane performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Duwane shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Duwane 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 106 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.
Duwane at a glance
Last recorded 1982Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Duwane popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1922
- Peak year (1974)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 61 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1982.
106 total births across 61 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1974 with 10 births in a single year.
Duwane by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 31 births that decade — 29% of Duwane's all-time total
Duwane decade highlights
- Peak decade 31 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Duwane's strongest decade
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% 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, 1922–1982 (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.