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Duncan

Pronounced /ˈdʌŋkən/

Rank in 2024
#1,103
Born in 2024
194
Peak year
1997 · #378
Origin
Scottish Gaelic

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 194 boys were named Duncan, about 1 in every 8,842.
  • It peaked in 1997 with 644 babies, ranked #378.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 21,032 boys have been named Duncan since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Duncan per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
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    Gen X
  5. 0.1
    Millennials
  6. 0.2
    Gen Z
  7. 0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 1,248 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Silent: 1,440 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Boomers: 3,213 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,546 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,676 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Gen Z: 6,693 babies, 0.21 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,943 babies, 0.14 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

As a Scottish Gaelic and Irish surname, from Donnchadh, a name composed of donn (“brown”) + cath (“battle”). Also spelled as Donagh and Donaghue, Donahue. Also as an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Duinnchinn, from donn (“brown”) + ceann (“head”).

  • A male given name from Scottish Gaelic anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Donnchadh; the name of two early saints and of two kings of Scotland.
Origin
Scottish Gaelic
Say it
/ˈdʌŋkən/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Duncan, CC BY-SA 4.0.