Duffy
- Last seen for girls in 1970 at #7,070
- Last seen for boys in 2012 at #12,274
- Given to boys 97.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1969 · 22 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 627since 1915
Duffy over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Duffy has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
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| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | #12,274 | 5 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
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| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | #6,992 | 7 | |
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | #8,435 | 5 | |
| 1991 | — | #6,519 | 7 | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
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| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | #3,692 | 11 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,509 | 8 | |
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | #2,205 | 21 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,791 | 15 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,095 | 12 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,205 | 20 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,129 | 20 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,405 | 16 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,819 | 12 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,370 | 9 | |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | — | #1,767 | 22 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,735 | 10 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,985 | 8 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,216 | 13 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,270 | 13 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,409 | 12 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,279 | 13 | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #1,778 | 21 |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | #2,414 | 12 | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #2,026 | 16 |
| 1957 | — | #2,093 | 15 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,091 | 15 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,845 | 18 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,044 | 15 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,905 | 8 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,251 | 12 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,367 | 11 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,019 | 14 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,606 | 9 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,218 | 12 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,251 | 12 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,690 | 8 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,996 | 6 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,309 | 10 | |
| 1943 | — | #3,538 | 5 | |
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
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| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
| 1936 | — | #3,147 | 6 | |
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| 1932 | — | #3,092 | 7 | |
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,247 | 7 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,843 | 9 | |
| 1927 | — | #4,210 | 5 | |
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | #3,408 | 7 | |
| 1924 | — | #4,347 | 5 | |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | #3,014 | 9 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,869 | 6 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,815 | 6 | |
| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,368 | 7 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | #3,825 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1915
The first year at least five boys were named Duffy! It came in at #3,825, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1916, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Duffy is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Duffy in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Duffy
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
Rise & fade · boys
54 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1969 at #1,767 (22 births)
- Births halved by 1970, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 78,068
- Highest: 1 in 78,068 boys born in 1975 were named Duffy (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 379,389 boys born in 2012 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,767 in 1969, was only 1 in 81,281 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 21.7% of all boys named Duffy (136) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 24 | #3,217 (1917) | #3,645 |
| 1920s | 54 | #2,843 (1928) | #3,594 |
| 1930s | 23 | #3,092 (1932) | #3,440 |
| 1940s | 68 | #2,218 (1948) | #2,718 |
| 1950s | 136 | #1,845 (1955) | #2,206 |
| 1960s | 122 | #1,767 (1969) | #2,346 |
| 1970s | 133 | #2,129 (1974) | #2,727 |
| 1980s | 32 | #3,692 (1982) | #4,675 |
| 1990s | 30 | #6,519 (1991) | #7,869 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 5 | #12,274 (2012) | #12,274 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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