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Dutchess

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Dutchess is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “duchess”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Dutchess mean?

English: variant spelling of Duchess

“duchess”

A spelling of Duchess, matching the old spelling kept in Dutchess County, New York.

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Is Dutchess a girl's or a boy's name?

Dutchess is a girls' name.

How popular is Dutchess in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1964.

Half of all the girls named Dutchess in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

1964Busiest: 13 in 20152024
Dutchess in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20246#13,472
20235#15,188
202211#9,050
202111#8,973
20206#13,448
20199#10,467
20188#11,422
201711#9,337
201613#8,390
201513#8,443
20149#10,949
20136#14,577
20120–
20110–
20100–
20090–
20080–
20070–
20065#17,163
20050–
20040–
20030–
20025#15,426
20010–
20000–
19990–
19980–
19970–
19960–
19950–
19940–
19930–
19926#11,730
19910–
19906#11,403
19890–
19885#11,792
19870–
19860–
19850–
19840–
19830–
19820–
19815#10,409
19805#10,390
19790–
19780–
19770–
19760–
19750–
19747#6,898
19735#8,421
19720–
19719#5,541
19700–
19690–
19680–
19676#6,041
19660–
19650–
19645#6,766

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