Duncan
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About Duncan
The name Duncan is currently ranked #930 in U.S. births. and peaked for boys at #378 in 1997. It is currently rising in popularity. The name is most popular in DUNCAN, DUNCAN, and DUNCAN. Duncan is occasionally used for girls in 2015.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #800 | 287 | 149.4 |
| 2015 | #790 | 294 | 153.4 |
| 2016 | #806 | 286 | 150.7 |
| 2017 | #869 | 251 | 135.6 |
| 2018 | #916 | 235 | 129.4 |
| 2019 | #1,014 | 205 | 114.3 |
| 2020 | #982 | 217 | 125.7 |
| 2021 | #1,016 | 216 | 123.5 |
| 2022 | #918 | 252 | 144.3 |
| 2023 | #930 | 244 | 142.6 |
| 2024 | #1,102 | 194 | 112.6 |
| 2025 | #1,124 | 190 | 111.2 |
World rankings
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Famous Duncans
- Duncan I and II
Kings of Scotland
- Duncan Lee Hunter
U.S. Congressman from California
- Duncan Duane Hunter
U.S. Congressman; son of Duncan L. Hunter
- Duncan Sheik
American singer
- Duncan Walker Bannatyne
Scottish entrepreneur and TV personality
- Duncan James (born Duncan Matthew James Inglis)
English singer and actor
- Duncan Keith
Canadian hockey player
- Duncan Edwards
English footballer
- Duncan Cowan Ferguson
Scottish footballer
- Duncan Alexander Goodhew
English swimmer
- Duncan Campbell Scott
Canadian poet
- (Robert) Duncan Coutts
bassist of Canadian band Our Lady Peace
- Duncan Jones
Youtuber and member of The Yogscast
- (Charles) Duncan Trussell
American actor & comic
- Duncan Hines
American restaurant critic; origin of the food brand
- Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones
British singer; son of singer David Bowie
- Duncan Joseph
American YouTuber
Duncan in pop culture
- Duncan
character in Shakespeare's Macbeth
- Duncan
narrow gauge tank engine on animated series Thomas & Friends
- Duncan Douglass
character on animated series Freakazoid
- Duncan
Idaho, character in the Dune series by Frank Herbert
- Duncan MacLeod
immortal hero in Highlander: The Series
- Ser Duncan the Tall
character in George R.R. Martin's Tales of Dunk and Egg
- Duncan
donut character in Disney's "Wreck,it Ralph"; a pun of Dunkin' Donuts
- Duncan Quagmire
triplet brother of Isadora and Quigley in "A Series of Unfortunate Events"
- Duncan Fletcher
main character in TV movie "My Date with the President's Daughter"
- Duncan
character in movie "The Way, Way Back"
- Duncan
a major character in the video game "Dragon Age"
- Duncan Mckay
character on British TV series Monarch of the Glen
- Duncan
the main character in novel Acceleration
- Duncan Kane
a character on TV's Veronica Mars
- Duncan
a character on animated series "Total Drama"
- Duncan Hines
American food brand
- Duncan Morse
character in "The Martha Years" book series by Melissa Wiley
