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How popular is “Duane” in the USA?

Number of people named “Duane” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Duane” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Duane” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Duane” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Duane” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Duane” by birth year

This chart shows how “Duane” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1885 5 0.000020759 5 -100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 -100%
1891 5 0.000017441 5 -100%
1893 8 0.000024599 8 -100%
1896 5 0.000013987 5 -100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 -100%
1898 7 0.000018351 7 -100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 -100%
1900 6 0.000013326 6 -100%
1902 6 0.000015515 6 -100%
1903 16 0.000041973 16 -100%
1904 12 0.000029741 12 -100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 -100%
1906 11 0.000025674 11 -100%
1907 16 0.00003438 16 -100%
1908 11 0.000022511 11 -100%
1909 21 0.000041078 21 -100%
1910 26 0.000044015 26 -100%
1911 27 0.000041907 27 -100%
1912 74 0.000074894 74 -100%
1913 79 0.000069474 79 -100%
1914 120 0.000084725 6 114 -90%
1915 202 0.000110236 6 196 -94%
1916 223 0.00011528 8 215 -93%
1917 219 0.000109132 10 209 -91%
1918 310 0.000142784 7 303 -95%
1919 311 0.000147376 311 -100%
1920 461 0.000203744 6 455 -97%
1921 555 0.000237738 9 546 -97%
1922 625 0.000273026 625 -100%
1923 737 0.00032009 12 725 -97%
1924 835 0.000350603 20 815 -95%
1925 915 0.000392148 19 896 -96%
1926 978 0.000425976 15 963 -97%
1927 1108 0.000477718 26 1082 -95%
1928 1228 0.000543137 16 1212 -97%
1929 1273 0.000580706 27 1246 -96%
1930 1542 0.000693567 22 1520 -97%
1931 1752 0.000832546 24 1728 -97%
1932 1727 0.000817983 17 1710 -98%
1933 1786 0.000893247 21 1765 -98%
1934 1858 0.000894639 21 1837 -98%
1935 1851 0.000885688 21 1830 -98%
1936 1746 0.000840402 21 1725 -98%
1937 1661 0.000779567 31 1630 -96%
1938 1647 0.000744382 31 1616 -96%
1939 1520 0.00068983 26 1494 -97%
1940 1413 0.000613632 25 1388 -96%
1941 1561 0.000640693 27 1534 -97%
1942 1647 0.000602895 27 1620 -97%
1943 1645 0.000582804 23 1622 -97%
1944 1579 0.000586972 18 1561 -98%
1945 1605 0.000604996 23 1582 -97%
1946 1733 0.000542358 21 1712 -98%
1947 2110 0.000585733 18 2092 -98%
1948 1974 0.000571757 10 1964 -99%
1949 2007 0.000575934 11 1996 -99%
1950 1982 0.000565743 19 1963 -98%
1951 2158 0.000585818 12 2146 -99%
1952 2239 0.00058952 8 2231 -99%
1953 2348 0.000609293 10 2338 -99%
1954 2339 0.000587584 14 2325 -99%
1955 2356 0.000586788 11 2345 -99%
1956 2612 0.000633514 16 2596 -99%
1957 2638 0.000627775 17 2621 -99%
1958 2620 0.000633783 8 2612 -99%
1959 2979 0.000716452 13 2966 -99%
1960 2965 0.000713802 15 2950 -99%
1961 2748 0.000663399 14 2734 -99%
1962 2612 0.000647276 14 2598 -99%
1963 2604 0.000657875 10 2594 -99%
1964 2543 0.00065413 17 2526 -99%
1965 2286 0.000630543 11 2275 -99%
1966 2130 0.000612834 14 2116 -99%
1967 2128 0.000626823 17 2111 -98%
1968 1971 0.00058341 10 1961 -99%
1969 1899 0.000546424 12 1887 -99%
1970 1791 0.000496601 19 1772 -98%
1971 1630 0.000474893 15 1615 -98%
1972 1691 0.000538022 14 1677 -98%
1973 1345 0.000445824 11 1334 -98%
1974 1209 0.000397697 8 1201 -99%
1975 1054 0.000349077 12 1042 -98%
1976 1049 0.000345714 1049 -100%
1977 1056 0.000332442 8 1048 -98%
1978 837 0.000263716 837 -100%
1979 837 0.000251578 8 829 -98%
1980 726 0.00021077 6 720 -98%
1981 612 0.000176911 612 -100%
1982 594 0.000169329 594 -100%
1983 531 0.00015332 531 -100%
1984 552 0.000158223 552 -100%
1985 573 0.000160544 7 566 -98%
1986 458 0.000128757 5 453 -98%
1987 436 0.000120923 8 428 -96%
1988 390 0.000105547 390 -100%
1989 407 0.000105867 6 401 -97%
1990 357 0.000090323 357 -100%
1991 333 0.000085488 333 -100%
1992 325 0.000084607 325 -100%
1993 269 0.000071348 269 -100%
1994 259 0.000069668 259 -100%
1995 252 0.000068812 252 -100%
1996 236 0.000064707 236 -100%
1997 203 0.000055988 203 -100%
1998 206 0.000056006 206 -100%
1999 175 0.000047376 175 -100%
2000 185 0.000048943 185 -100%
2001 177 0.000047283 177 -100%
2002 178 0.000047615 178 -100%
2003 155 0.000040765 155 -100%
2004 161 0.000042136 161 -100%
2005 147 0.000038233 147 -100%
2006 150 0.000037915 150 -100%
2007 148 0.000037021 148 -100%
2008 160 0.000040706 160 -100%
2009 121 0.000031674 121 -100%
2010 128 0.000034634 128 -100%
2011 130 0.000035541 130 -100%
2012 128 0.000034998 128 -100%
2013 108 0.000029624 108 -100%
2014 100 0.000026981 100 -100%
2015 113 0.000030533 113 -100%
2016 115 0.000031346 115 -100%
2017 102 0.000028522 102 -100%
2018 81 0.000023038 81 -100%
2019 70 0.000020167 70 -100%
2020 79 0.000023649 79 -100%
2021 81 0.000023908 81 -100%
2022 70 0.000020691 70 -100%
2023 70 0.00002114 70 -100%
2024 72 0.000021631 72 -100%

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