Duke is an established boys' name that peaked in 2018 and remains in steady use.
Duke is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #695 for boy births in the United States (and #1,401 across all names), given to 390 babies. Duke first appears in 1880 and peaked in 2018 (529 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 390 | 390 | #695 |
| 2024 | 381 | 381 | #705 |
| 2023 | 395 | 395 | #683 |
| 2022 | 403 | 403 | #678 |
| 2021 | 419 | 419 | #652 |
| 2020 | 424 | 424 | #633 |
| 2019 | 522 | 522 | #541 |
| 2018 | 529 | 529 | #533 |
| 2017 | 523 | 523 | #541 |
| 2016 | 515 | 515 | #558 |
| 2015 | 455 | 455 | #603 |
| 2014 | 384 | 384 | #669 |
| 2013 | 323 | 323 | #722 |
| 2012 | 160 | 160 | #1,147 |
| 2011 | 147 | 147 | #1,201 |
| 2010 | 141 | 141 | #1,247 |
| 2009 | 89 | 89 | #1,733 |
| 2008 | 104 | 104 | #1,548 |
| 2007 | 96 | 96 | #1,615 |
| 2006 | 89 | 89 | #1,621 |
| 2005 | 75 | 75 | #1,759 |
| 2004 | 62 | 62 | #1,959 |
| 2003 | 74 | 74 | #1,678 |
| 2002 | 59 | 59 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 53 | 53 | #2,013 |
| 2000 | 55 | 55 | #1,900 |
| 1999 | 54 | 54 | #1,833 |
| 1998 | 49 | 49 | #1,967 |
| 1997 | 59 | — | #1,676 |
| 1996 | 44 | — | #1,996 |
| 1995 | 55 | — | #1,655 |
| 1994 | 63 | — | #1,500 |
| 1993 | 75 | — | #1,315 |
| 1992 | 65 | — | #1,420 |
| 1991 | 43 | — | #1,842 |
| 1990 | 59 | — | #1,471 |
| 1989 | 50 | — | #1,593 |
| 1988 | 63 | — | #1,299 |
| 1987 | 56 | — | #1,321 |
| 1986 | 33 | — | #1,849 |
| 1985 | 37 | — | #1,681 |
| 1984 | 36 | — | #1,638 |
| 1983 | 44 | — | #1,433 |
| 1982 | 43 | — | #1,466 |
| 1981 | 41 | — | #1,506 |
| 1980 | 47 | — | #1,383 |
| 1979 | 70 | — | #1,062 |
| 1978 | 36 | — | #1,578 |
| 1977 | 36 | — | #1,549 |
| 1976 | 43 | — | #1,359 |
| 1975 | 44 | — | #1,308 |
| 1974 | 52 | — | #1,140 |
| 1973 | 62 | — | #1,025 |
| 1972 | 57 | — | #1,073 |
| 1971 | 75 | — | #944 |
| 1970 | 78 | — | #905 |
| 1969 | 75 | — | #881 |
| 1968 | 62 | — | #921 |
| 1967 | 73 | — | #837 |
| 1966 | 84 | — | #795 |
| 1965 | 70 | — | #877 |
| 1964 | 89 | — | #801 |
| 1963 | 100 | — | #764 |
| 1962 | 77 | — | #864 |
| 1961 | 69 | — | #918 |
| 1960 | 96 | — | #776 |
| 1959 | 107 | — | #738 |
| 1958 | 89 | — | #791 |
| 1957 | 108 | — | #721 |
| 1956 | 105 | — | #715 |
| 1955 | 85 | — | #794 |
| 1954 | 75 | — | #836 |
| 1953 | 53 | — | #991 |
| 1952 | 49 | — | #1,034 |
| 1951 | 49 | — | #1,007 |
| 1950 | 60 | — | #887 |
| 1949 | 38 | — | #1,149 |
| 1948 | 59 | — | #893 |
| 1947 | 47 | — | #1,055 |
| 1946 | 43 | — | #1,047 |
| 1945 | 35 | — | #1,106 |
| 1944 | 28 | — | #1,262 |
| 1943 | 46 | — | #986 |
| 1942 | 42 | — | #1,040 |
| 1941 | 46 | — | #943 |
| 1940 | 45 | — | #955 |
| 1939 | 41 | — | #996 |
| 1938 | 46 | — | #929 |
| 1937 | 46 | — | #925 |
| 1936 | 38 | — | #1,034 |
| 1935 | 22 | — | #1,463 |
| 1934 | 28 | — | #1,277 |
| 1933 | 31 | — | #1,185 |
| 1932 | 19 | — | #1,666 |
| 1931 | 40 | — | #1,068 |
| 1930 | 33 | — | #1,241 |
| 1929 | 22 | — | #1,577 |
| 1928 | 40 | — | #1,113 |
| 1927 | 45 | — | #1,046 |
| 1926 | 43 | — | #1,071 |
| 1925 | 45 | — | #1,025 |
| 1924 | 35 | — | #1,229 |
| 1923 | 27 | — | #1,437 |
| 1922 | 41 | — | #1,112 |
| 1921 | 31 | — | #1,335 |
| 1920 | 33 | — | #1,259 |
| 1919 | 41 | — | #1,067 |
| 1918 | 39 | — | #1,099 |
| 1917 | 40 | — | #1,042 |
| 1916 | 37 | — | #1,063 |
| 1915 | 35 | — | #1,091 |
| 1914 | 17 | — | #1,507 |
| 1913 | 19 | — | #1,180 |
| 1912 | 20 | — | #1,037 |
| 1911 | 15 | — | #868 |
| 1910 | 13 | — | #883 |
| 1909 | 11 | — | #910 |
| 1908 | 13 | — | #754 |
| 1907 | 5 | — | #1,394 |
| 1906 | 5 | — | #1,289 |
| 1905 | 6 | — | #1,130 |
| 1904 | 8 | — | #906 |
| 1902 | 7 | — | #955 |
| 1901 | 5 | — | #1,094 |
| 1900 | 11 | — | #798 |
| 1899 | 8 | — | #802 |
| 1898 | 9 | — | #761 |
| 1897 | 9 | — | #743 |
| 1896 | 5 | — | #1,141 |
| 1895 | 7 | — | #903 |
| 1894 | 5 | — | #1,128 |
| 1893 | 6 | — | #938 |
| 1892 | 6 | — | #990 |
| 1891 | 5 | — | #1,011 |
| 1890 | 7 | — | #830 |
| 1888 | 8 | — | #765 |
| 1886 | 5 | — | #1,004 |
| 1884 | 5 | — | #1,007 |
| 1883 | 5 | — | #933 |
| 1881 | 5 | — | #902 |
| 1880 | 7 | — | #765 |