How Many People Are Named Durward?
people named Durward are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 597,525 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,873 babies named Durward in Social Security records from 1884 to 1991, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
118 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an occupational surname which meant "door guard" in Middle English.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Durward in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Durward alive today is about 70 years old, and 79% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 61 and 80 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Durward first appears in the records in 1884 and was given most often in 1916, to 118 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1991.
Babies given the name each year, 1884 to 1991
🏆 Rank History
Durward has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #510, in 1912.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #510 (1912) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #724 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Durward alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Durward were born in Texas than in any other state: about 23 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Durward was given 7.4 times as often in Texas, 3.5 times in Oklahoma and 2.8 times in Kentucky.
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