Duncan

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Duncan is an Anglicised form of Irish Donnchadh. One of the first people to bear the name was king of Dรกl Riata Dรบnchad mac Dubรกin, who was possibly the grandfather of Fiannamail ua Dรบnchado-Fiannamail O'Dรบnchado.

From Wikipedia

Duncan first appears in the data in 1965 and has been recorded in 49 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2003 with 108 babies (rank #182 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Duncan

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Duncan yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

2,048
Total babies (all years)
49
Years in the data
108
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19651#1,024
19661#1,056
19671#1,076
19681#1,095
197036#338
197159#255
197255#261
197346#277
197448#273
197527#356
197624#391
197729#355
197820#427
197922#413
198016#518
198115#529
198212#587
19839#662
198411#618
19857#750
198614#578
198715#574
198820#517
198917#554
199021#526
199129#450
199227#475
199333#406
199447#331
199556#295
199650#325
199770#253
199863#279
199972#261
200076#242
200179#237
2002104#187
2003108#182
2004103#179
200590#192
200672#235
200780#200
200868#235
200969#218
201062#234
201151#269
201238#315
201341#296
201433#333