# Duke (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/duke/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /duːk/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 11,595 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11,595 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 327, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 147 | 1,201 |
| 2012 | 160 | 1,147 |
| 2013 | 323 | 722 |
| 2014 | 384 | 669 |
| 2015 | 455 | 603 |
| 2016 | 515 | 558 |
| 2017 | 523 | 541 |
| 2018 | 529 | 533 |
| 2019 | 522 | 541 |
| 2020 | 424 | 633 |
| 2021 | 419 | 652 |
| 2022 | 403 | 678 |
| 2023 | 395 | 683 |
| 2024 | 381 | 705 |
| 2025 | 390 | 695 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 12 | 1,852 |
| 2013 | 21 | 1,183 |
| 2014 | 30 | 959 |
| 2015 | 28 | 1,024 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,363 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,703 |
| 2018 | 21 | 1,235 |
| 2019 | 13 | 1,745 |
| 2020 | 19 | 1,314 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1,329 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,534 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,325 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 16 | 1,613 |

## People named Duke

- Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer, surfer and actor (1890-1968)
- Duke Pearson, American jazz pianist (1932–1980)
- Duke R. Lee, actor (1881-1959)
- Duke Johnson, American filmmaker (born 1979)
- Duke Jordan, American jazz pianist (1922–2006)
- Duke Ragan, American boxer
- Duke Erikson, American musician, singer, songwriter, screenwriter, film producer and record producer
- Duke Worne, Film director and actor (1888-1933)
- Duke Robillard, American blues musician
- Duke Henderson, American blues shouter and jazz singer
- Duke Keats, Canadian ice hockey player (1895–1972)
- Duke Riley, American football player (born 1994)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.