Duarte
Duarte is an Iberian given name and surname, being an alternative Portuguese form of the name Edward.
- Portuguese
Meaning & Origin of Duarte
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Duarte is an Iberian given name and surname, being an alternative Portuguese form of the name Edward.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Portuguese
The Story of Duarte
The earliest SSA record of Duarte as a baby boy name dates back to 1970, when 5 babies received it. 1970 was its biggest year on record, with 5 newborns named Duarte — #4,724 in the national rankings. About 50% of every Duarte on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Duarte last appeared in the published SSA data in 1990, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 20 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Duarte
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Duarte. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Duarte
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About the name Duarte
Duarte is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1970 and has accumulated 20 births in the dataset. Duarte's peak popularity came in 1970 when it ranked #4,724. Use the chart and map above to compare Duarte's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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