Durward
About 2,873 American babies have been named Durward since 1884, most of them around 1916. It has not appeared in the national data since 1991. About 570 Durwards are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 71.
Popularity, 1880–2025
boys named Durward
By the numbers
- Total US births
- 2,873
- Estimated living today
- 570
- Median age today
- 71
- Peak year
- 1916
- Best rank
- 524th
- Rank in 2025
- unranked
- First recorded
- 1884
How old the living Durwards are
born that year still alive today
Of the 2,873 babies given the name since 1884, about 570 are alive — 20 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 1954 and half after.
An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.
Notable Durwards
- Durward Knowles (1917–2018)British-Bahamian sailor
People named Durward with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Where Durward is most common
Relative to how many babies each state records, Durward is most concentrated in Oklahoma (5.1×), Texas (4.9×), Kentucky (4.0×), Alabama (2.8×).
Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.
Names of 1916
The most popular boys’ names the year Durward peaked:
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Durward against another name
Two names on one chart, with the year one overtook the other.
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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.