first name
DUANE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 71,865 people named Duane, 81.8% reported their origin as White, 11.3% as Black and 2.5% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Duane peaked in 1959, when 2,978 babies got the name.
At least 116,456 babies have been given the name since 1885. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Duane by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #251. The largest share of babies named Duane, 39.1%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Duane is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Duane has been most common in North Dakota (8.3×), South Dakota (6.2×), and Iowa (4.1×), and least common in Mississippi (0.14×).
111,056 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Duane
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Duane, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Duane ranks #15,947 of 156,621, with 1,758 people. See Duane as a last name
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