Name meaning & stats
Duane
Duane means “dark (debated)”. 88,911 US babies since 1940, peak 1959.
What it means
“dark (debated)”
Debated
In US birth records
Peak year: 1959
88,911 US babies were named Duane between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Duane (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Duane is the main spelling
- Duane 99%
- Duan 1%
- Duanne <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1959)