How rare is the name Duy?

4,364 people in the United States have the first name Duy, about 1 in 69,210. It ranks #4,331 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DUY

#4,331

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,364
About
1 in 69,210
This common or more
83.9%
Who bears it

Of the 4,364 people named Duy, 97.3% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.6% as White. 96.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Duy peaked in 1984, when 59 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19782024
Peak year
1984
Births that year
59
In 2024
5 ▼92%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 827 babies have been given the name since 1978. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Duy by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #4,223. The largest share of babies named Duy, 64.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#15,12228
1980s#4,223364
1990s#7,149238
2000s#13,110138
2010s#24,52149
2020s#33,74410
Generation X 1965–806.2%
Millennials 1981–9664.2%
Generation Z 1997–1224.1%
2013 and later5.6%

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.

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Duy, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Duy ranks #50,158 of 156,621, with 451 people. See Duy as a last name

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