Durwood

Last seen for boys in 1997 at #9,265

Peak · boys
1944 · 69 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,688
since 1908

Durwood over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Durwood has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201935peak #745, 1944boys
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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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1997#9,2655
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1988#6,4266
1987#6,0896
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1982#6,3855
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1979#4,8427
1978#3,40011
1977#4,1648
1976#4,0128
1975#3,6599
1974#2,79913
1973#3,6948
1972#2,65913
1971#3,14610
1970#2,39915
1969#1,81021
1968#2,44512
1967#1,90617
1966#1,58024
1965#1,85618
1964#2,04016
1963#1,65923
1962#1,58825
1961#1,32236
1960#1,69223
1959#1,58825
1958#1,51127
1957#1,06351
1956#1,36232
1955#1,16741
1954#1,12244
1953#1,40829
1952#98153
1951#1,08344
1950#1,31330
1949#1,54423
1948#1,10741
1947#96854
1946#1,03144
1945#98642
1944#74569
1943#76872
1942#94749
1941#97143
1940#87252
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1938#78461
1937#80359
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1934#80859
1933#89548
1932#81661
1931#78763
1930#97648
1929#82662
1928#91354
1927#1,02846
1926#85560
1925#98448
1924#86563
1923#80369
1922#95853
1921#87763
1920#92356
1919#89855
1918#91852
1917#1,03340
1916#88850
1915#82355
1914#98632
1913#1,49713
1912#1,02320
1911#1,2908
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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 1935

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedWIMichigan: #393 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,872 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #305 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,211 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedLAMississippi: #344 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,397 boysMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedHITexas: #559 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 5,699 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Durwood, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Carolina#305 · 1 in 3,211
  2. Mississippi#344 · 1 in 3,397
  3. Michigan#393 · 1 in 7,872
  4. Texas#559 · 1 in 5,699

Best ever in a state: #215 in Maine, 1947.

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See more about Durwood
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1997
  • Biggest jump: 511 spots in 1914 (#1,497 → #986)
  • Biggest drop: 427 spots in 1953 (#981 → #1,408)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s13#1,155 (1909)#1,186
1910s325#823 (1915)#1,040
1920s574#803 (1923)#903
1930s566#784 (1938)#835
1940s489#745 (1944)#994
1950s376#981 (1952)#1,260
1960s215#1,322 (1961)#1,790
1970s102#2,399 (1970)#3,477
1980s23#5,561 (1984)#6,115
1990s5#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.

Durwood in 1935

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#834
56 births · 1 in 18,596 boys

Top boys' names in 1935

  1. #1Robert56,527
  2. #2James55,005
  3. #3John47,509
  4. #4William40,204
  5. #5Richard33,946
  6. #6Charles29,983
  7. #7Donald29,674
  8. #8George18,564
  9. #9Thomas17,684
  10. #10Joseph17,181
  11. #834Durwood56
More about 1935

boys

1,041,351 boys got a published name in 1935; 1 in 18,596 of them was named Durwood, which outranked 79.9% of the 4,146 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Durwood
  1. #822Ruby57
  2. #822Theadore57
  3. #822Toby57
  4. #834Durwood56
  5. #834Alvie56
  6. #834Dolores56
  7. #834Eldred56
  8. #844Denzil55
  9. #844Derald55
  10. #844Howell55

Tied with 9 names at #834; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,371Darwyn#2,121 → #750
  2. ↑ 678Landon#1,608 → #930
  3. ↑ 678Stafford#1,658 → #980
  4. ↑ 666Lance#1,658 → #992
  5. ↑ 492Delwin#1,461 → #969
Fallers
  1. ↓ 534Estel#792 → #1,326
  2. ↓ 493Gustav#897 → #1,390
  3. ↓ 381Florian#845 → #1,226
  4. ↓ 353Laurie#942 → #1,295
  5. ↓ 342Valentin#931 → #1,273

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1935 →