Dugan

Peak · boys
1980 · 16 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
513
since 1914

Dugan over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Dugan has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,831, 1980boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirths
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2020#9,5547
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2018#8,8198
2017#10,7756
2016#8,1469
2015#9,5687
2014#10,7176
2013#8,1189
2012#8,1589
2011#6,25613
2010#8,8038
2009#8,3109
2008#7,69810
2007#7,09411
2006#6,90411
2005#4,82417
2004#6,97610
2003#9,5816
2002#5,39513
2001#4,89015
2000#4,57316
1999#4,34116
1998#3,48621
1997#4,66813
1996#7,9716
1995#4,28014
1994#3,46919
1993#5,7719
1992#4,87211
1991#4,23113
1990#6,4157
1989#3,32517
1988#4,16211
1987#6,9515
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1985#4,6988
1984#3,92510
1983#4,9077
1982#4,2349
1981#4,5098
1980#2,83116
1979#4,8427
1978#4,5547
1977#5,8455
1976#3,26411
1975#3,07812
1974#3,5589
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five boys were named Dugan! It came in at #3,264, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1914–1954, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Dugan is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Dugan in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Dugan
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
Rise & fade · boys
66 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1980 at #2,831 (16 births)
  • Births halved by 1981, 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 91,017
  • Highest: 1 in 91,017 boys born in 1998 were named Dugan (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 246,582 boys born in 2020 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,831 in 1980, was only 1 in 111,497 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 25.1% of all boys named Dugan (129) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s10#3,264 (1914)#3,716
1920s0——
1930s0——
1940s5#3,668 (1948)#3,668
1950s12#3,505 (1955)#3,529
1960s9#2,900 (1961)#2,900
1970s57#3,078 (1975)#4,226
1980s91#2,831 (1980)#4,394
1990s129#3,469 (1994)#4,950
2000s118#4,573 (2000)#6,625
2010s75#6,256 (2011)#8,818
2020s7#9,554 (2020)#9,554

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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