How Many People Are Named Duke?
people named Duke are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 35,177 people in the US has this name
Based on 11,595 babies named Duke in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
529 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the noble title duke, which was originally derived from Latin dux "leader".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Duke in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Duke alive today is about 22 years old, and 72% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 34 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Duke first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2018, to 529 babies. In 2025, 390 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Duke has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #533, in 2018. In 2025 it ranked #695.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #695 |
| Best rank | #533 (2018) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #672 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Duke alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Duke were born in California than in any other state: about 1,413 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Duke was given 16.9 times as often in Hawaii, 2.2 times in Utah and 1.8 times in California.
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