Durham
Boy · DER-um · English
Durham is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “hill island”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Durham mean?
English: English place name, Old English dun + Old Norse holmr
“hill island”
Durham, in north-east England, is known for its Norman cathedral, burial place of Saint Cuthbert.
- Say it
- DER-um
Is Durham a girl's or a boy's name?
Durham is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Durham in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Durham, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2009, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
2025 had fewer boys named Durham than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Durham in the US since 1880 were born between 1944 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Durham in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,821 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,955 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
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