Names / Boy names
Duane
Current rank
#2,578
and easing
All-time peak
#102
in 1933
First recorded
1885
in U.S. data
Children named
116,400
since 1885
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #102 in 1933 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
(dwayn): dark. Quietly vintage and straightforward. Stateside, it makes its debut in 1885. Its strongest year was 1933, at #102 nationally. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. More than 116,400 children have been given the name overall.