Duane

maleStatistical record

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

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

Duane: Recorded since 1973, it reached #268 in 1982, and it stood at #2,960 in 2020.

2registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
48years from first to last
#268highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2020

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#853
1997	#1345
1998	#1821
1999	#1199
2000	#1552
2001	#1949
2002	#1799
2003	#1771
2004	#1732
2005	#2754
2006	#3385
2007	#2435
2008	#3158
2009	#1981
2010	#2400
2011	#2892
2012	#3416
2013	#2954
2014	#3362
2015	#2707
2020	#2960

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 Republic of Ireland in 10 of the 36 years from 1973 to 2008.

In 2008: #698 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #3158 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1973–2020 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1973
First recorded at #320 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1973 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1973–2008
Highest recorded position: #268 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1982 (recorded 1973–2008).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2020
Most recently recorded at #2960 among boys in England and Wales, in 2020.
England and Wales · Boys

Duane appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 21 ranked years and 155 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1973.

Duane across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Duane's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#320 (1973)	#268 (1982)	#698 (2008)	10 of 36	34 (1973–2008)	5 (1982)
England and Wales · Boys	#853 (1996)	#853 (1996)	#2960 (2020)	21 of 25	155 (1996–2020)	17 (1996)

Duane 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 Duane in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	43	4 of 10	11
2000sbusiest	69	10 of 10	7
2010s	37	6 of 10	6
2020s	6	1 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Duane appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1973 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #268 in Republic of Ireland in 1982.

Duane'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
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2400	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1981	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1732	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1771	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1799	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1552	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1199	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1345	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#853	17	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#323	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	4	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#268	5	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#320	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1973 and 2020, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #268, first reached in 1982.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 23 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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 2 registrars, 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.

Edita · #268, 27y
Danuta · #267, 29y
Nicky · #269, 29y
Adrien · #270, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Aline · #265, 40y
Giles · #265, 38y
Gintare · #265, 24y
Lyndon · #271, 34y

Duane was ranked #268 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1982. 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.

Duane 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 Duane without appearing here.

Duane moved ahead of

Graeme Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3385 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1981 and #4527.
Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2954 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3362 and #4632.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2754 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #3385 and #4052.
Courtney Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3362 and #2690 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2960 and #3334.

Moved ahead of Duane

Hunter Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1732 and #1878 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #2754 and #1135.
Cillian Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1732 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #2754 and #1190.
Conan Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2400 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2892 and #1342.
Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2400 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2892 and #1398.

Moved the opposite way to Duane

Aaron Compare
Between 1973 and 2008 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Duane went from #320 to #698 while Aaron went from #157 to #12.
Adam Compare
Between 1973 and 2008 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Duane went from #320 to #698 while Adam went from #143 to #7.
Alex Compare
Between 1973 and 2008 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Duane went from #320 to #698 while Alex went from #268 to #10.
Alexander Compare
Between 1973 and 2008 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Duane went from #320 to #698 while Alexander went from #145 to #45.

Moved the same way as Duane

Adrian Compare
Between 1973 and 2008 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Duane went from #320 to #698 and Adrian from #43 to #141.
Arthur Compare
Between 1973 and 2008 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Duane went from #320 to #698 and Arthur from #145 to #219.
Denis Compare
Between 1973 and 2008 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Duane went from #320 to #698 and Denis from #42 to #133.
Edward Compare
Between 1973 and 2008 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Duane went from #320 to #698 and Edward from #29 to #93.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1973 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #268 in Republic of Ireland in 1982. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Duane

Duane at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Duane across 2 official records

Duane by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Duane across 2 official records

Duane by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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