Duncan
Duncan is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 194 births. Its best rank was 378th, in 1997.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1940.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 1997644 births
- Best rank
- #378in 1997
- Since 1880
- 21,032people given the name
The story in the numbers
21,032 boys have been named Duncan in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1997, with 644 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1995, and the 1990s alone account for 20%. It has spent 141 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Duncan | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 139 | |
| 1890s | 117 | |
| 1900s | 116 | |
| 1910s | 542 | |
| 1920s | 767 | |
| 1930s | 653 | |
| 1940s | 1,178 | |
| 1950s | 1,784 | |
| 1960s | 1,389 | |
| 1970s | 936 | |
| 1980s | 1,415 | |
| 1990s | 4,221 | |
| 2000s | 3,965 | |
| 2010s | 2,687 | |
| 2020s | 1,123 |
In 1997, its biggest year
Duncan was the 378th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1997 were Michael, Jacob, Matthew, Christopher and Joshua. See all of 1997.
Names that rose and fell with Duncan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Grantpeak 1997
- Davispeak 2007
- Tomaspeak 2003
- Andypeak 2005
- Alexpeak 1993
- Samuelpeak 2001
- Claytonpeak 2000
- Colemanpeak 1997
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.