How Many People Are Named Durham?
An estimated 228 people in the United States have the first name Durham. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 18 years old, and Durham peaked in popularity in 2009 with 19 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Durham 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 Durham paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
228
About 1 in 1,503,309 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
18
years old
Peak Year
2009
19 births
Total Registered
303
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Durham
Durham is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 303 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Durham as a male name
Ranked #7,874 in 2024
10 male births in 2024
Peak: 2009 (19 births)
Durham: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Durham span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 92 babies were registered. While Durham is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Durham by Decade
How has Durham 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.
Durham + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Durham as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Durham
Other first names starting with D with a similar number of bearers.
Durham: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Durham?
We estimate approximately 228 people named Durham 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 1,503,309 Americans share this first name.
Is Durham a common name?
Durham is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 75.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 303 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Durham most popular?
Durham reached peak popularity in 2009, when 19 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Durham is approximately 18 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Durham a male name?
Durham is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Durham Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Durham Smith, Durham Johnson, Durham 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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