Meaning and history
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Dubháin derived from the given name Dubhán, Duane began to be used in America around the start of the 20th century. It last appeared in the top 1000 rankings in 2002, while the variant Dwayne remained in use for a few years longer.
20062006: 150 births, rank #1,137
2007: 149 births, rank #1,182
2008: 160 births, rank #1,137
2009: 121 births, rank #1,403
2010: 128 births, rank #1,331
20112011: 130 births, rank #1,309
2012: 128 births, rank #1,328
2013: 108 births, rank #1,500
2014: 100 births, rank #1,576
2015: 113 births, rank #1,475
20162016: 115 births, rank #1,484
2017: 102 births, rank #1,582
2018: 81 births, rank #1,856
2019: 70 births, rank #2,062
2020: 79 births, rank #1,872
20212021: 81 births, rank #1,884
2022: 71 births, rank #2,094
2023: 70 births, rank #2,097
2024: 72 births, rank #2,078
20252025: 51 births, rank #2,572
Duane moved from #891 to #907 for boys between 2001 and 2002. Its highest annual birth count came in 1959, with 2,965 births.