Meaning and history
This name comes from the noble title duke, which was originally derived from the Latin dux, meaning “leader.”
20062006: 89 births, rank #1,617
2007: 96 births, rank #1,614
2008: 104 births, rank #1,543
2009: 89 births, rank #1,731
2010: 141 births, rank #1,245
20112011: 147 births, rank #1,198
2012: 160 births, rank #1,145
2013: 323 births, rank #722
2014: 384 births, rank #668
2015: 455 births, rank #601
20162016: 515 births, rank #558
2017: 523 births, rank #541
2018: 529 births, rank #533
2019: 522 births, rank #541
2020: 424 births, rank #633
20212021: 419 births, rank #652
2022: 403 births, rank #676
2023: 395 births, rank #683
2024: 381 births, rank #704
20252025: 390 births, rank #695
Duke rose from #705 to #695 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2018, with 529 births.