How Many People Are Named Duchess?
An estimated 201 people in the United States have the first name Duchess. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 22 years old, and Duchess peaked in popularity in 2014 with 14 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Duchess 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 Duchess paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
201
About 1 in 1,705,245 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
22
years old
Peak Year
2014
14 births
Total Registered
210
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Duchess
Duchess is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 210 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Duchess as a female name
Ranked #13,902 in 2024
6 female births in 2024
Peak: 2014 (14 births)
Duchess: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Duchess span from the 1960s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 82 babies were registered. While Duchess is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Duchess by Decade
How has Duchess 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.
Duchess + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Duchess as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Duchess
Other first names starting with D with a similar number of bearers.
Duchess: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Duchess?
We estimate approximately 201 people named Duchess 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 1,705,245 Americans share this first name.
Is Duchess a common name?
Duchess is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 74.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 210 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Duchess most popular?
Duchess reached peak popularity in 2014, when 14 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Duchess is approximately 22 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Duchess a female name?
Duchess is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Duchess Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Duchess Smith, Duchess Johnson, Duchess 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 0 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau estimate. Full methodology.
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