Durwood
- Last seen for boys in 1997 at #9,265
- Peak · boys
- 1944 · 69 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,688since 1908
Durwood over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Durwood has never cracked the top 700 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
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| 1997 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | — | |
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| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
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| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,385 | 5 |
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| 1979 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #3,400 | 11 |
| 1977 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | #2,799 | 13 |
| 1973 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #2,659 | 13 |
| 1971 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #2,399 | 15 |
| 1969 | #1,810 | 21 |
| 1968 | #2,445 | 12 |
| 1967 | #1,906 | 17 |
| 1966 | #1,580 | 24 |
| 1965 | #1,856 | 18 |
| 1964 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1963 | #1,659 | 23 |
| 1962 | #1,588 | 25 |
| 1961 | #1,322 | 36 |
| 1960 | #1,692 | 23 |
| 1959 | #1,588 | 25 |
| 1958 | #1,511 | 27 |
| 1957 | #1,063 | 51 |
| 1956 | #1,362 | 32 |
| 1955 | #1,167 | 41 |
| 1954 | #1,122 | 44 |
| 1953 | #1,408 | 29 |
| 1952 | #981 | 53 |
| 1951 | #1,083 | 44 |
| 1950 | #1,313 | 30 |
| 1949 | #1,544 | 23 |
| 1948 | #1,107 | 41 |
| 1947 | #968 | 54 |
| 1946 | #1,031 | 44 |
| 1945 | #986 | 42 |
| 1944 | #745 | 69 |
| 1943 | #768 | 72 |
| 1942 | #947 | 49 |
| 1941 | #971 | 43 |
| 1940 | #872 | 52 |
| 1939 | #846 | 52 |
| 1938 | #784 | 61 |
| 1937 | #803 | 59 |
| 1936 | #797 | 59 |
| 1935 | #834 | 56 |
| 1934 | #808 | 59 |
| 1933 | #895 | 48 |
| 1932 | #816 | 61 |
| 1931 | #787 | 63 |
| 1930 | #976 | 48 |
| 1929 | #826 | 62 |
| 1928 | #913 | 54 |
| 1927 | #1,028 | 46 |
| 1926 | #855 | 60 |
| 1925 | #984 | 48 |
| 1924 | #865 | 63 |
| 1923 | #803 | 69 |
| 1922 | #958 | 53 |
| 1921 | #877 | 63 |
| 1920 | #923 | 56 |
| 1919 | #898 | 55 |
| 1918 | #918 | 52 |
| 1917 | #1,033 | 40 |
| 1916 | #888 | 50 |
| 1915 | #823 | 55 |
| 1914 | #986 | 32 |
| 1913 | #1,497 | 13 |
| 1912 | #1,023 | 20 |
| 1911 | #1,290 | 8 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
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First appearance
1908
The first year at least five boys were named Durwood! It came in at #1,217, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1910, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Durwood is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Durwood in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1997
- Biggest jump: 511 spots in 1914
- Biggest drop: 427 spots in 1953
Rise & fade · boys
36 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1908
- Peaked 1944 at #745 (69 births)
- Births halved by 1949, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 32 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1928–1945
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,429
- Highest: 1 in 15,429 boys born in 1915 were named Durwood (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 377,028 boys born in 1997 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #745 in 1944, was only 1 in 19,752 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 21.4% of all boys named Durwood (574) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 13 | #1,155 (1909) | #1,186 |
| 1910s | 325 | #823 (1915) | #1,040 |
| 1920s | 574 | #803 (1923) | #903 |
| 1930s | 566 | #784 (1938) | #835 |
| 1940s | 489 | #745 (1944) | #994 |
| 1950s | 376 | #981 (1952) | #1,260 |
| 1960s | 215 | #1,322 (1961) | #1,790 |
| 1970s | 102 | #2,399 (1970) | #3,477 |
| 1980s | 23 | #5,561 (1984) | #6,115 |
| 1990s | 5 | #9,265 (1997) | #9,265 |
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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