Duel

Boy · recorded 1916–1997

  • 1997last recorded
  • 1916best year

Most popular in 1916.

Last recorded in 1997. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Duel.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1916

061219161936195719771997

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 37 recorded years as a table
Duel, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191612
191710
191810
19196
19207
19215
19227
192310
19246
192510
19268
192710
19285
19299
193011
193110
19329
19337
19347
19355
193611
19375
19398
19404
19416
19424
19435
19444
19473
19483
19523
19724
19883
19903
19923
19934
19974

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Duel isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1997
8
Rank in 1997
#6,618
How rare
1 in 235,642 boys
Since 1916
280

Duel was last recorded in 1997. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1916, at 12 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Duel doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.