Duane
- Gender
- Boy
- US rank, 2025
- #2,572 for boys
Duane is a boys' name, meaning “black, dark”. In 2025 it ranked 2,572nd for boys in the US (51 babies).
What does Duane mean?
“black, dark”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Duane a girl's or a boy's name?
Duane is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 51 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Duane in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 17 boys.
Half of all the boys named Duane in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Duane in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 8 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,267 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,412 |
| 1996 | 17 | #897 |
How popular is Duane in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,572among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 51about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 51 boys in the US were named Duane, making it the 2,572nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,872nd. Its busiest year was 1959, with 2,965 boys. It first appears in the records in 1885.
2025 had fewer boys named Duane than any year since 1911.
Half of all the boys named Duane in the US since 1880 were born between 1941 and 1967, the years shaded on the chart below.
Duane in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 | #2,572 |
| 2024 | 72 | #2,078 |
| 2023 | 70 | #2,096 |
| 2022 | 71 | #2,093 |
| 2021 | 81 | #1,883 |
| 2020 | 79 | #1,872 |
| 2019 | 70 | #2,061 |
| 2018 | 81 | #1,855 |
| 2017 | 102 | #1,582 |
| 2016 | 115 | #1,484 |
| 2015 | 113 | #1,475 |
| 2014 | 100 | #1,576 |
| 2013 | 108 | #1,500 |
| 2012 | 128 | #1,328 |
| 2011 | 130 | #1,309 |
| 2010 | 128 | #1,331 |
| 2009 | 121 | #1,403 |
| 2008 | 160 | #1,137 |
| 2007 | 149 | #1,182 |
| 2006 | 150 | #1,137 |
| 2005 | 147 | #1,115 |
| 2004 | 161 | #1,015 |
| 2003 | 155 | #1,015 |
| 2002 | 178 | #905 |
| 2001 | 177 | #890 |
| 2000 | 185 | #857 |
| 1999 | 175 | #861 |
| 1998 | 206 | #768 |
| 1997 | 203 | #739 |
| 1996 | 236 | #685 |
| 1995 | 252 | #657 |
| 1994 | 259 | #644 |
| 1993 | 269 | #625 |
| 1992 | 325 | #562 |
| 1991 | 333 | #555 |
| 1990 | 357 | #520 |
| 1989 | 401 | #476 |
| 1988 | 390 | #459 |
| 1987 | 428 | #423 |
| 1986 | 453 | #397 |
| 1985 | 566 | #337 |
| 1984 | 552 | #336 |
| 1983 | 531 | #342 |
| 1982 | 594 | #321 |
| 1981 | 612 | #310 |
| 1980 | 720 | #288 |
| 1979 | 829 | #254 |
| 1978 | 837 | #247 |
| 1977 | 1,048 | #213 |
| 1976 | 1,049 | #207 |
| 1975 | 1,042 | #207 |
| 1974 | 1,201 | #187 |
| 1973 | 1,334 | #176 |
| 1972 | 1,677 | #158 |
| 1971 | 1,615 | #167 |
| 1970 | 1,772 | #163 |
| 1969 | 1,887 | #156 |
| 1968 | 1,961 | #146 |
| 1967 | 2,110 | #139 |
| 1966 | 2,116 | #140 |
| 1965 | 2,274 | #135 |
| 1964 | 2,528 | #130 |
| 1963 | 2,594 | #130 |
| 1962 | 2,600 | #135 |
| 1961 | 2,734 | #132 |
| 1960 | 2,951 | #127 |
| 1959 | 2,965 | #126 |
| 1958 | 2,614 | #136 |
| 1957 | 2,621 | #136 |
| 1956 | 2,596 | #127 |
| 1955 | 2,345 | #135 |
| 1954 | 2,325 | #136 |
| 1953 | 2,338 | #132 |
| 1952 | 2,231 | #131 |
| 1951 | 2,146 | #130 |
| 1950 | 1,963 | #137 |
| 1949 | 1,997 | #137 |
| 1948 | 1,963 | #139 |
| 1947 | 2,092 | #135 |
| 1946 | 1,712 | #142 |
| 1945 | 1,582 | #137 |
| 1944 | 1,561 | #135 |
| 1943 | 1,622 | #138 |
| 1942 | 1,620 | #131 |
| 1941 | 1,535 | #129 |
| 1940 | 1,388 | #134 |
| 1939 | 1,494 | #118 |
| 1938 | 1,616 | #114 |
| 1937 | 1,630 | #115 |
| 1936 | 1,725 | #110 |
| 1935 | 1,830 | #105 |
| 1934 | 1,837 | #104 |
| 1933 | 1,765 | #102 |
| 1932 | 1,710 | #105 |
| 1931 | 1,728 | #104 |
| 1930 | 1,520 | #120 |
| 1929 | 1,246 | #137 |
| 1928 | 1,212 | #141 |
| 1927 | 1,082 | #147 |
| 1926 | 963 | #160 |
| 1925 | 896 | #170 |
| 1924 | 815 | #176 |
| 1923 | 725 | #190 |
| 1922 | 625 | #209 |
| 1921 | 546 | #240 |
| 1920 | 455 | #257 |
| 1919 | 311 | #315 |
| 1918 | 303 | #329 |
| 1917 | 209 | #388 |
| 1916 | 215 | #375 |
| 1915 | 196 | #382 |
| 1914 | 114 | #449 |
| 1913 | 79 | #487 |
| 1912 | 74 | #461 |
| 1911 | 27 | #584 |
| 1910 | 26 | #556 |
| 1909 | 21 | #574 |
| 1908 | 11 | #825 |
| 1907 | 16 | #634 |
| 1906 | 11 | #752 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,232 |
| 1904 | 12 | #686 |
| 1903 | 16 | #550 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1898 | 7 | #884 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 8 | #768 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 5 | #921 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #935 |
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Duane: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/duane, updated 20 October 2026.