How Many People Are Named Duan?
An estimated 535 people in the United States have the first name Duan. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 42 years old, and Duan peaked in popularity in 1976 with 25 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Duan as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Duan paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
535
About 1 in 640,662 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
42
years old
Peak Year
1976
25 births
Total Registered
571
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Duan
Duan is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 571 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Duan as a male name
Ranked #12,677 in 2019
5 male births in 2019
Peak: 1976 (25 births)
Duan: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Duan span from the 1950s to the 2010s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1970s, when 153 babies were registered. Duan has declined significantly from its peak in the 1970s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Duan by Decade
How has Duan tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Duan + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Duan as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Duan
Other first names starting with D with a similar number of bearers.
Duan: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Duan?
We estimate approximately 535 people named Duan are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 640,662 Americans share this first name.
Is Duan a common name?
Duan is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 85.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 571 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Duan most popular?
Duan reached peak popularity in 1976, when 25 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Duan is approximately 42 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Duan a male name?
Duan is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Duan Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Duan Smith, Duan Johnson, Duan Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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