Duc
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Duc is a boys' name of Vietnamese origin, meaning “virtue”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Duc mean?
Vietnamese: Vietnamese Đức, from Sino-Vietnamese đức 'virtue'
“virtue”
From Vietnamese Đức, meaning virtue or moral character, a frequent element in Vietnamese names.
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Is Duc a girl's or a boy's name?
Duc is a boys' name.
How popular is Duc in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1982, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Duc in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Duc in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 18 | #2,834 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,596 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,070 |
| 1982 | 24 | #2,165 |
| 1981 | 18 | #2,568 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
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