Duru

#7,996 in 2025Girls' name

Clean, pure

Duru has been given to 168 babies in the U.S. since 2004. In 2025 it ranked #7,996 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2014, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Duru, 2025

1 in 255,000

Duru over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Duru: meaning, origin, and history

Clean, pure

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Duru means

Duru means “clean, pure”, associated with duru.

Origin, language, and formation

Duru is used in Turkish.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 168 girls were recorded with the name Duru between 2004 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2014; its best national rank was #7,996 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #9,745 in 2020 to #7,996 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #11,149 in 2015 to #7,996 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Duru?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 255,000; 13 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 124,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #7,996; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 176,762 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Duru sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 176,762 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Duru. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Durus were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Duru was born before 2016 — so the typical Duru is around 9 today.

Median birth year: 2016; About 9 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 51.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 168; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 51.8% of all recorded uses (87).

Is Duru rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +1,736; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +1,749; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +3,153; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.44×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2014 (13)
Years since peak: 11; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 23.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,996; 2025

Spellings of Duru

Duru is not the most common spelling — Dora is, with 54.6% against Duru's 0.09%.

Dora54.6%105,930
Zuri8.7%16,844
Dara7.1%13,692
Lulu6.5%12,709
Lura4.9%9,550
Aura2.6%5,016
Dori2.6%4,952
Yuri1.9%3,769

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Duru around the world

Where Duru ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2007–2025
#3,705
in 2025
France
2023–2023
#7,464
in 2023
South Australia
2013–2013
#818
in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Duru by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #7,996
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 1,749
Best rank ever: #7,996; 2025
Peak year: 2014; 13 that year
First recorded: 2004
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 168
Count in 2025: 13

Names similar to Duru

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Dura Durva Durga Nuru Durene Durinda Durenda Dureen Durah Durelle Duretta Durrani Uhuru Durriyah Durlene Duriyah Durdona Mitsuru

Sibling names for Duru

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Rhianna Adelle Kendyl Anabel Hayleigh Jaiden

For a brother

Aaden Kale Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Gavyn Caesar

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