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Durwood

Recorded 1908–1997 · United States

Durwood was most popular in 1943, when 72 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,629 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,688 people named Durwood.

Most popular in1943
Rank that year#1,629
Births that year72
Total since 18802,688
Given to100% boys
Alive today~867
Median age72

Durwood over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Durwood’s peak in 1943. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

How old is the name Durwood?

Durwood first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1908, which makes it about 117 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 76 of the 118 years since. It was last recorded in 1997.

How many people are named Durwood?

The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,688 American births named Durwood between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 867 are estimated to be alive today.

How many babies were named Durwood in 2025?

Durwood was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.

Is Durwood a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Durwood is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 2,688 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

How old is someone named Durwood?

Roughly 867 Americans named Durwood are alive today — 32% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 72 years old, and half are between 63 and 81.

An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.

Where Durwood is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org