Duke
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Duke is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “leader”. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies) and 695th for boys in the US (390 babies).
What does Duke mean?
English: English title, from Latin dux
“leader”
From the noble title, which comes from Latin dux, leader; jazz great Duke Ellington bore it as a nickname.
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Is Duke a girl's or a boy's name?
Duke is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the UK and 390 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Duke in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,686among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Duke, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,412th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 30 boys.
Half of all the boys named Duke in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales.
Duke in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,686 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,561 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,341 |
| 2020 | 19 | #1,412 |
| 2019 | 14 | #1,756 |
| 2018 | 22 | #1,280 |
| 2017 | 15 | #1,738 |
| 2016 | 19 | #1,458 |
| 2015 | 29 | #1,064 |
| 2014 | 30 | #1,031 |
| 2013 | 21 | #1,290 |
| 2012 | 14 | #1,765 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 12 | #1,810 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Duke in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #695among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 390about 1 in 4,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 390 boys in the US were named Duke, making it the 695th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 633rd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 529 boys.
Half of all the boys named Duke in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Duke in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 390 | #695 |
| 2024 | 381 | #704 |
| 2023 | 395 | #683 |
| 2022 | 403 | #676 |
| 2021 | 419 | #652 |
| 2020 | 424 | #633 |
| 2019 | 522 | #541 |
| 2018 | 529 | #533 |
| 2017 | 523 | #541 |
| 2016 | 515 | #558 |
| 2015 | 455 | #601 |
| 2014 | 384 | #668 |
| 2013 | 323 | #722 |
| 2012 | 160 | #1,145 |
| 2011 | 147 | #1,198 |
| 2010 | 141 | #1,245 |
| 2009 | 89 | #1,730 |
| 2008 | 104 | #1,543 |
| 2007 | 96 | #1,614 |
| 2006 | 89 | #1,617 |
| 2005 | 75 | #1,749 |
| 2004 | 62 | #1,949 |
| 2003 | 74 | #1,670 |
| 2002 | 59 | #1,884 |
| 2001 | 53 | #2,003 |
| 2000 | 55 | #1,891 |
| 1999 | 54 | #1,821 |
| 1998 | 49 | #1,954 |
| 1997 | 59 | #1,669 |
| 1996 | 44 | #1,982 |
| 1995 | 55 | #1,643 |
| 1994 | 63 | #1,490 |
| 1993 | 75 | #1,308 |
| 1992 | 65 | #1,412 |
| 1991 | 43 | #1,817 |
| 1990 | 59 | #1,459 |
| 1989 | 50 | #1,585 |
| 1988 | 63 | #1,292 |
| 1987 | 56 | #1,314 |
| 1986 | 33 | #1,835 |
| 1985 | 37 | #1,671 |
| 1984 | 36 | #1,629 |
| 1983 | 44 | #1,428 |
| 1982 | 43 | #1,463 |
| 1981 | 41 | #1,499 |
| 1980 | 47 | #1,378 |
| 1979 | 70 | #1,056 |
| 1978 | 36 | #1,570 |
| 1977 | 36 | #1,546 |
| 1976 | 43 | #1,346 |
| 1975 | 44 | #1,304 |
| 1974 | 52 | #1,135 |
| 1973 | 62 | #1,023 |
| 1972 | 57 | #1,069 |
| 1971 | 75 | #941 |
| 1970 | 78 | #905 |
| 1969 | 75 | #880 |
| 1968 | 62 | #920 |
| 1967 | 73 | #836 |
| 1966 | 84 | #794 |
| 1965 | 70 | #873 |
| 1964 | 89 | #799 |
| 1963 | 100 | #764 |
| 1962 | 77 | #861 |
| 1961 | 69 | #914 |
| 1960 | 96 | #774 |
| 1959 | 107 | #737 |
| 1958 | 89 | #789 |
| 1957 | 108 | #718 |
| 1956 | 105 | #713 |
| 1955 | 85 | #791 |
| 1954 | 75 | #832 |
| 1953 | 53 | #988 |
| 1952 | 49 | #1,026 |
| 1951 | 49 | #1,004 |
| 1950 | 60 | #884 |
| 1949 | 38 | #1,143 |
| 1948 | 59 | #890 |
| 1947 | 47 | #1,052 |
| 1946 | 43 | #1,045 |
| 1945 | 35 | #1,102 |
| 1944 | 28 | #1,255 |
| 1943 | 46 | #986 |
| 1942 | 42 | #1,036 |
| 1941 | 46 | #938 |
| 1940 | 45 | #952 |
| 1939 | 41 | #992 |
| 1938 | 46 | #927 |
| 1937 | 46 | #922 |
| 1936 | 38 | #1,028 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,453 |
| 1934 | 28 | #1,266 |
| 1933 | 31 | #1,181 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 1931 | 40 | #1,065 |
| 1930 | 33 | #1,235 |
| 1929 | 22 | #1,564 |
| 1928 | 40 | #1,111 |
| 1927 | 45 | #1,041 |
| 1926 | 43 | #1,064 |
| 1925 | 45 | #1,022 |
| 1924 | 35 | #1,223 |
| 1923 | 27 | #1,420 |
| 1922 | 41 | #1,107 |
| 1921 | 31 | #1,329 |
| 1920 | 33 | #1,252 |
| 1919 | 41 | #1,063 |
| 1918 | 39 | #1,094 |
| 1917 | 40 | #1,033 |
| 1916 | 37 | #1,058 |
| 1915 | 35 | #1,082 |
| 1914 | 17 | #1,491 |
| 1913 | 19 | #1,173 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,023 |
| 1911 | 15 | #855 |
| 1910 | 13 | #859 |
| 1909 | 11 | #893 |
| 1908 | 13 | #744 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,252 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,090 |
| 1904 | 8 | #874 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 7 | #932 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1900 | 11 | #784 |
| 1899 | 8 | #786 |
| 1898 | 9 | #743 |
| 1897 | 9 | #725 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1895 | 7 | #871 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1893 | 6 | #906 |
| 1892 | 6 | #955 |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
| 1890 | 7 | #814 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 8 | #755 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #971 |
| 1883 | 5 | #891 |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
| 1880 | 7 | #745 |
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