Duncan
Boy · DUN-kan · Scottish
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Duncan is a boys' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,008th for boys in the UK (33 babies) and 1,123rd for boys in the US (190 babies).
What does Duncan mean?
Scottish: anglicised Gaelic Donnchadh, perhaps brown warrior
Duncan I was the King of Scots killed by Macbeth in 1040, as later dramatised by Shakespeare.
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- DUN-kan
More on Wiktionary.
Is Duncan a girl's or a boy's name?
Duncan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 33 boys in the UK and 190 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Duncan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,008among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 33about 1 in 9,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 33 boys in the UK were named Duncan, making it the 1,008th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 896th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 219 boys.
Half of all the boys named Duncan in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,537th in England and Wales and 253rd in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1964 (#75) and 1974 (#66).
Duncan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #1,008 |
| 2024 | 31 | #1,041 |
| 2023 | 45 | #807 |
| 2022 | 39 | #883 |
| 2021 | 32 | #1,017 |
| 2020 | 36 | #896 |
| 2019 | 30 | #1,037 |
| 2018 | 44 | #807 |
| 2017 | 48 | #778 |
| 2016 | 52 | #728 |
| 2015 | 43 | #812 |
| 2014 | 60 | #646 |
| 2013 | 64 | #608 |
| 2012 | 43 | #815 |
| 2011 | 72 | #548 |
| 2010 | 61 | #614 |
| 2009 | 68 | #552 |
| 2008 | 96 | #431 |
| 2007 | 96 | #414 |
| 2006 | 88 | #423 |
| 2005 | 102 | #344 |
| 2004 | 118 | #298 |
| 2003 | 114 | #298 |
| 2002 | 121 | #269 |
| 2001 | 95 | #321 |
| 2000 | 117 | #274 |
| 1999 | 133 | #259 |
| 1998 | 170 | #214 |
| 1997 | 174 | #207 |
| 1996 | 219 | #166 |
How popular is Duncan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,123among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 190about 1 in 9,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 190 boys in the US were named Duncan, making it the 1,123rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 982nd. Its busiest year was 1997, with 644 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Duncan than any year since 1990.
Half of all the boys named Duncan in the US since 1880 were born between 1960 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Duncan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 190 | #1,123 |
| 2024 | 195 | #1,103 |
| 2023 | 244 | #930 |
| 2022 | 253 | #913 |
| 2021 | 216 | #1,016 |
| 2020 | 217 | #982 |
| 2019 | 205 | #1,013 |
| 2018 | 235 | #915 |
| 2017 | 251 | #869 |
| 2016 | 286 | #806 |
| 2015 | 294 | #790 |
| 2014 | 287 | #800 |
| 2013 | 262 | #823 |
| 2012 | 263 | #830 |
| 2011 | 275 | #800 |
| 2010 | 329 | #708 |
| 2009 | 318 | #735 |
| 2008 | 324 | #716 |
| 2007 | 288 | #764 |
| 2006 | 351 | #656 |
| 2005 | 359 | #617 |
| 2004 | 402 | #566 |
| 2003 | 421 | #543 |
| 2002 | 472 | #487 |
| 2001 | 500 | #474 |
| 2000 | 530 | #447 |
| 1999 | 576 | #410 |
| 1998 | 641 | #386 |
| 1997 | 644 | #378 |
| 1996 | 505 | #444 |
| 1995 | 456 | #473 |
| 1994 | 388 | #512 |
| 1993 | 326 | #566 |
| 1992 | 260 | #636 |
| 1991 | 235 | #659 |
| 1990 | 190 | #736 |
| 1989 | 208 | #687 |
| 1988 | 170 | #720 |
| 1987 | 163 | #715 |
| 1986 | 162 | #710 |
| 1985 | 164 | #690 |
| 1984 | 137 | #742 |
| 1983 | 132 | #752 |
| 1982 | 94 | #920 |
| 1981 | 85 | #976 |
| 1980 | 99 | #901 |
| 1979 | 85 | #960 |
| 1978 | 85 | #938 |
| 1977 | 76 | #981 |
| 1976 | 83 | #911 |
| 1975 | 85 | #894 |
| 1974 | 85 | #867 |
| 1973 | 121 | #728 |
| 1972 | 84 | #877 |
| 1971 | 95 | #828 |
| 1970 | 134 | #712 |
| 1969 | 97 | #782 |
| 1968 | 98 | #748 |
| 1967 | 84 | #793 |
| 1966 | 106 | #722 |
| 1965 | 126 | #660 |
| 1964 | 154 | #625 |
| 1963 | 263 | #492 |
| 1962 | 142 | #649 |
| 1961 | 145 | #650 |
| 1960 | 174 | #593 |
| 1959 | 253 | #490 |
| 1958 | 281 | #471 |
| 1957 | 208 | #536 |
| 1956 | 178 | #566 |
| 1955 | 145 | #615 |
| 1954 | 157 | #588 |
| 1953 | 149 | #589 |
| 1952 | 141 | #588 |
| 1951 | 138 | #589 |
| 1950 | 133 | #587 |
| 1949 | 140 | #566 |
| 1948 | 133 | #578 |
| 1947 | 158 | #535 |
| 1946 | 120 | #586 |
| 1945 | 114 | #563 |
| 1944 | 102 | #612 |
| 1943 | 106 | #612 |
| 1942 | 117 | #571 |
| 1941 | 101 | #589 |
| 1940 | 87 | #643 |
| 1939 | 67 | #733 |
| 1938 | 69 | #736 |
| 1937 | 71 | #713 |
| 1936 | 68 | #729 |
| 1935 | 67 | #750 |
| 1934 | 53 | #860 |
| 1933 | 61 | #782 |
| 1932 | 66 | #780 |
| 1931 | 64 | #785 |
| 1930 | 67 | #782 |
| 1929 | 71 | #752 |
| 1928 | 89 | #663 |
| 1927 | 57 | #898 |
| 1926 | 72 | #759 |
| 1925 | 86 | #697 |
| 1924 | 77 | #759 |
| 1923 | 72 | #777 |
| 1922 | 82 | #722 |
| 1921 | 75 | #772 |
| 1920 | 86 | #691 |
| 1919 | 72 | #760 |
| 1918 | 81 | #700 |
| 1917 | 68 | #761 |
| 1916 | 66 | #750 |
| 1915 | 70 | #698 |
| 1914 | 53 | #712 |
| 1913 | 47 | #648 |
| 1912 | 46 | #599 |
| 1911 | 25 | #605 |
| 1910 | 14 | #822 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 14 | #712 |
| 1907 | 12 | #778 |
| 1906 | 11 | #752 |
| 1905 | 12 | #699 |
| 1904 | 16 | #566 |
| 1903 | 16 | #550 |
| 1902 | 11 | #686 |
| 1901 | 7 | #857 |
| 1900 | 17 | #603 |
| 1899 | 10 | #661 |
| 1898 | 13 | #610 |
| 1897 | 8 | #786 |
| 1896 | 14 | #551 |
| 1895 | 14 | #556 |
| 1894 | 10 | #667 |
| 1893 | 10 | #650 |
| 1892 | 19 | #445 |
| 1891 | 10 | #597 |
| 1890 | 9 | #667 |
| 1889 | 16 | #464 |
| 1888 | 15 | #505 |
| 1887 | 18 | #392 |
| 1886 | 12 | #540 |
| 1885 | 14 | #498 |
| 1884 | 10 | #613 |
| 1883 | 18 | #412 |
| 1882 | 12 | #540 |
| 1881 | 12 | #503 |
| 1880 | 12 | #526 |
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