Durward
Durward is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 510th, in 1912.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1916118 births
- Best rank
- #510in 1912
- Since 1884
- 2,873people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,873 boys have been named Durward in the United States since 1884, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1916, with 118 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 118 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1926, and the 1920s alone account for 28%. It has spent 34 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Durward | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 39 | |
| 1900s | 82 | |
| 1910s | 724 | |
| 1920s | 793 | |
| 1930s | 413 | |
| 1940s | 354 | |
| 1950s | 224 | |
| 1960s | 148 | |
| 1970s | 66 | |
| 1980s | 20 | |
| 1990s | 5 |
In 1916, its biggest year
Durward was the 524th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1916 were John, William, James, Robert and Joseph. See all of 1916.
Names that rose and fell with Durward
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Florianpeak 1921
- Arvelpeak 1921
- Estillpeak 1919
- Vergilpeak 1920
- Waldemarpeak 1915
- Orvelpeak 1919
- Eldredpeak 1921
- Haskellpeak 1919
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.