Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Duska isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1951. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Duska through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 36
- 0 boys · 36 girls
- Most popular year
- 1951
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1982. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 1951. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 156 as a first name in 2020; 142 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Duska’s family of names
Duska may belong to the same name family as DUSSKA. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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