boys:
1.5k births since 1925
#3128 (32nd percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1925
#6219 (20th percentile)
The name Duran is the #6,219 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,526 recorded births since 1925. This represents the 19.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,128 (31.8% percentile) for all time with 1,526 births since 1925.
Duran first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1925 (first recorded for boys in 1925). Birth data for Duran is available in 74 out of the 99 years between 1925 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Duran reached its peak popularity in 1984, achieving the 9.2% percentile (ranked #625) with 36 births per million. The name was most common in 1984, with 36 births per million (ranked 9.2% percentile). Despite a low point around 2019, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for boys. Currently, Duran ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 10.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Duran".
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Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Duran. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 28.6% confident that Duran is pronounced as der-AN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is doo-RAN, at 24.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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