girls:
16 births since 1958
#5700 (0th percentile)
boys:
627 births since 1915
#3959 (14th percentile)
overall:
643 births since 1915
#7096 (8th percentile)
The name Duffy is the #7,096 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 643 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 8.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,959 (13.6% percentile) for all time with 627 births since 1915. For girls, it ranks #5,700 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 16 births since 1958.
Duffy first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for boys and 1958 for girls). Birth data for Duffy is available in 62 out of the 98 years between 1915 and 2012 (62 years for boys and 3 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Duffy has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.5% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Duffy reached its peak popularity in 1969, achieving the 2.6% percentile (ranked #643) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 1975, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2012.
For girls, Duffy reached its peak popularity in 1970, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #772) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1970, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1970.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Duffy".
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