Duncan

girls:

11 births since 1996

#5705 (0th percentile)

boys:

20.8k births since 1880

#798 (83rd percentile)

overall:

20.8k births since 1880

#1773 (77th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Duncan".

1880 2023 18802023

Key Statistics

Total Births
11
Peak Births
6
Peak Year
1996
First Recorded
1996
Peak Percentile
0.1%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#858
Current Rank
Female statistics
Total Births
20,835
Peak Births
644
Peak Year
1997
First Recorded
1880
Peak Percentile
55.0%
Current Percentile
25.9%
Peak Rank
#179
Current Rank
#675
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Duncan

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Duncan. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 42.5% confident that Duncan is pronounced as DUHNGK-uhn. The next most likely pronunciation is DUHN-kuhn, at 42.5% confidence.

DUHNGK-uhn (2 syllables)
42.5% confidence
D AH1 N G K AH0 N
DUHN-kuhn (2 syllables)
42.5% confidence
D AH1 N K AH0 N
DUHNG-kuhn (2 syllables)
Verified
15.0% confidence
D AH1 NG K AH0 N

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Duncan. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Duncan, please vote using the thumbs up button.

DUH-guhn (2 syllables)
1 name 513 births
D AH1 G AH0 N

Names with this pronunciation:

DUH-nih-kuh (3 syllables)
1 name 93 births
D AH1 N IH0 K AH0

Names with this pronunciation:

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like D AH1 N G K AH0 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.