Duke

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Duke: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Duke: Recorded since 1996, it reached #959 in 2014, and it stood at #2,088 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#959highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1591
1997	#2859
2000	#1889
2001	#1949
2002	#3225
2003	#2470
2004	#2070
2006	#1892
2007	#4333
2008	#1706
2009	#2318
2010	#3332
2011	#3300
2012	#1852
2013	#1183
2014	#959
2015	#1024
2016	#1363
2017	#1703
2018	#1235
2019	#1745
2020	#1314
2021	#1329
2022	#1534
2023	#2325
2024	#2088

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 26 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1591 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #959 among boys in England and Wales, in 2014 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2088 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Duke by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Duke in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	10	2 of 10	5
2000s	59	9 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	168	10 of 10	17
2020s	74	5 of 10	15

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Duke appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #959 in England and Wales in 2014.

Duke's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2088	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2325	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1534	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1329	19	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1314	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1745	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1235	21	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1703	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1363	19	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1024	28	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#959	30	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1183	21	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1852	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2318	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1706	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1892	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #959, first reached in 2014.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 30 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
19 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,088position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
30births registered in its largest year, 201425 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Faraz · #958, 26y
Jaeden · #958, 23y
Aneira · #962, 24y
Meerab · #962, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Faraz · #958, 26y
Jaeden · #958, 23y
Aneira · #962, 24y
Nida · #962, 29y

Duke was ranked #959 in England and Wales · Boys in 2014. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Duke and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Duke without appearing here.

Duke moved ahead of

Morten Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3300 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #959 and #4632.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2318 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1183 and #4685.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Shannon Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4333 and #3589 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1706 and #4432.

Moved ahead of Duke

Harper Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1534 and #1609 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #1207.
Hudson Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1591 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2859 and #1761.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1534 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #1461.
Rune Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1534 and #1609 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #1799.

Moved the opposite way to Duke

Morten Compare
Between 1997 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Duke went from #2859 to #1024 while Morten went from #2859 to #4747.

Moved the same way as Duke

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Duke went from #1591 to #2325 and Garry from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Duke went from #1591 to #2325 and Graeme from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Duke went from #1591 to #2325 and Nicola from #2863 to #4107.
Matheo Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Duke went from #4333 to #2088 and Matheo from #4333 to #1517.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #959 in England and Wales in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Duke

Duke at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Duke by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Duke at a glance

Duke by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Duke

Duke and the names beside it

Duke moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Duke

Moved the opposite way to Duke

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