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Baby name
Duncan
Boy
Origin of the name
Duncan comes from a Scottish Gaelic name borne by several kings of Scotland, including the king of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Classic name
21,219births since 1880
1990sgeneration
No. 378rank at its peak, in 1997
Where babies named Duncan are born
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Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Duncan is most common in Washington (2.5 times), Utah (2.5) and Massachusetts (2.2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
Names from the same era
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