How Many People Are Named Duane?
people named Duane are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,010 people in the US has this name
Based on 116,456 babies named Duane in Social Security records from 1885 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,978 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of the Gaelic surname Ó Dubhán meaning "descendant of DUBHÁN".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Duane in English. Counting Duane and these spellings together, about 156,934 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Duane, 0.8% were girls and 99.2% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Duane alive today is about 60 years old, and 58% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 52 and 71 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Duane first appears in the records in 1885 and was given most often in 1959, to 2,978 babies. In 2025, 51 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1885 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Duane has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #102, in 1933. In 2025 it ranked #2,578.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,578 |
| Best rank | #102 (1933) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #135 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Duane alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Duane were born in Michigan than in any other state: about 5,590 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Duane was given 6.9 times as often in North Dakota, 5.2 times in South Dakota and 3.8 times in Minnesota.
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