Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Duncan

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Duncan
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1997

Peak rank proxy

644

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1880Peak 19972024

Peak year

1997

Decline from peak

69.9%

2024

194

All-time

21,032

Duncan has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1997, when 644 boys were named Duncan.

In 2024, only 194 boys were given the name.

Down 69.9% from its peak.

All told, about 21,032 Americans have been named Duncan and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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