boys:
821 births since 1978
#3766 (18th percentile)
overall:
821 births since 1978
#6918 (11th percentile)
The name Duy is the #6,918 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 821 recorded births since 1978. This represents the 10.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,766 (17.8% percentile) for all time with 821 births since 1978.
Duy first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1978 (first recorded for boys in 1978). Birth data for Duy is available in 40 out of the 46 years between 1978 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, Duy reached its peak popularity in 1984, achieving the 7.9% percentile (ranked #634) with 31 births per million. The name was most common in 1984, with 31 births per million (ranked 7.9% percentile). Despite a low point around 2020, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for boys. Currently, Duy ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 8.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Duy".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Duy. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Duy is pronounced as DUE-ee, which has 2 syllables.
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