Duke
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Duke
While John Wayne and Duke Ellington are worthy role models, the reason Duke is currently enjoying a revival and returned to the Top 1000 in 2013 as one of the year's fastest-rising boys’ names is more likely due to the name given to high-profile TV couple Giuliana and Bill Rancic. Christened Edward Duke, he has always been called by his middle name, just as Edward Duke Ellington was. Duke is just one of several aristocratic titles being increasingly used by ordinary citizens.
Duke for girls
Duke has recently been seen on the TV show Better Things as the name of the youngest of three sisters, the other two having the very on trend names Max and Frankie.
Pronounced DYOOK.
As of October 2026, Duke ranked #695 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #533 in 2018, Nameberry popularity #595.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #669 | 384 | 199.9 |
| 2015 | #603 | 455 | 237.4 |
| 2016 | #558 | 515 | 271.4 |
| 2017 | #541 | 523 | 282.6 |
| 2018 | #533 | 529 | 291.3 |
| 2019 | #541 | 521 | 290.4 |
| 2020 | #633 | 424 | 245.6 |
| 2021 | #652 | 419 | 239.5 |
| 2022 | #677 | 403 | 230.8 |
| 2023 | #683 | 395 | 230.9 |
| 2024 | #709 | 375 | 217.7 |
| 2025 | #695 | 390 | 228.3 |
World rankings
Duke for boys
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Duke on lists
Famous Dukes
- (Edward) Duke EllingtonBoy
American jazz musician
- Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola KahanamokuBoy
American Hawaiian surfer and Olympic swimmer
- Duke CalhounBoy
NFL football player
- Duke Uba IhenachoBoy
American NFL football player
- Duke WorneBoy
American actor and director
- Edwin Donald "Duke" SniderBoy
American baseball player
- Abdul "Duke" FakirBoy
American singer of The Four Tops
- Duke KeatonBoy
son of actress Diane Keaton
- Duke Kenneth FluentBoy
son of American actress Justine Bateman
- Duke Gaines (b. 2008)Boy
son of reality stars Chip and Joanna Gaines
- (Edward) Duke Rancic (b. 2012)Boy
son of TV personalities Giuliana and Bill Rancic
Duke in pop culture
- DukeBoy
surname of the family on TV's "Dukes of Hazzard"
- "The DukeBoy
" a nickname for actor John Wayne and his characters
- Duke OrsinoBoy
character in movie, "She's the Man"
- Duke CrockerBoy
character on TV's "Haven"
- Duke ThomasBoy
character in DC Universe
- DukeBoy
character on TV's "iCarly"
- Duke EllisBoy
character in "A Woman Called Fancy" by Frank Yerby
- DukeBoy
character in the "G.I. Joe" series
- Duke the Lost EngineBoy
character in "The Railway" series
- Uncle DukeBoy
character in comic strip "Doonesbury"
- Tony "Duke" EversBoy
character in the "Rocky" films
- Duke LaveryBoy
character on American soap opera "General Hospital"
- DukeBoy
character in video game "KOF: Maximum Impact"
- Duke of New YorkBoy
character in film "Escape from New York"
- "Duke NukemBoy
" video game series and its main character
- "DukeBoy
" novel by Hal Ellson and its main character
- Duke UniversityBoy
school in North Carolina, USA