NameTides

Duke

Duke was the #695 boys' name in the US in 2025 (390 babies), and #1,613 in England & Wales and #1,083 in Canada.

Duke as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Duke as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Duke as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#695 (390)#1,613 (16)#1,083 (23)
2024#704 (381)#2,089 (11)#1,246 (18)
2023#683 (395)#2,326 (9)#1,079 (21)
2022#676 (403)#1,534 (16)#894 (27)
2021#652 (419)#1,329 (19)#794 (32)
2020#633 (424)#1,314 (19)#619 (41)
2019#541 (522)#1,745 (13)#798 (30)
2018#533 (529)#1,235 (21)#675 (38)
2017#541 (523)#1,703 (14)#890 (26)
2016#558 (515)#1,363 (19)#833 (29)
2015#601 (455)#1,024 (28)#624 (42)
2014#668 (384)#959 (30)#898 (25)
2013#722 (323)#1,183 (21)#892 (25)
2012#1,145 (160)#1,852 (12)#1,971 (8)
2011#1,198 (147)#3,300 (5)#1,163 (17)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #533.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,400 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 4,400uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 17,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Duke is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,400 to 1 in 4,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Duke by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #484WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #801WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #511MNIllinois: #632ILMichigan: #641MINew York: #994NYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #516NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #399IAIndiana: #545INOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #631PANew Jersey: #766NJConnecticut: #382CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #643CAUtah: #409UTColorado: #468CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #518MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #727VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #491AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #590KSArkansas: #444ARTennessee: #638TNNorth Carolina: #1,028NCSouth Carolina: #743SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #621OKLouisiana: #672LAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: #685ALGeorgia: #756GAHawaii: #180HITexas: #876TXFlorida: #846FL
Duke (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DukeCanadaBoys#1,08323
DukeEngland & WalesBoys#1,61316
DukeNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DukeUSBoys#695390