Duchess
Girl · DUCH-is · English
Duchess is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “duchess”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Duchess mean?
English: the English title, from Old French duchesse
“duchess”
From the noble title for a duke's wife or a woman ruling a duchy, via Old French duchesse.
- Say it
- DUCH-is
Is Duchess a girl's or a boy's name?
Duchess is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Duchess in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 4 girls.
Duchess in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
How popular is Duchess in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Duchess, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1964.
2025 had more girls named Duchess than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Duchess in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Duchess in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
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