Hilary Duff's 4 Kids: All About Luca, Banks, Mae and Townes

Mar. 15, 2025

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In an interview with PEOPLE, Duff revealed that she loves the “mayhem” of raising her kids. “I love when everyone’s full of energy and the house is buzzing. You never know what the day is going to bring or what your kid’s going to say,” she said. “We’re in the thick of it, and it feels good.”

TheYoungeractress alsodiscussed motherhoodduring an appearance onThe Motherly Podcastin 2019. “Being a mother has been shocking, and it was also the happiest, most beautiful experiences, so those two things butting up against each other is quite a strange mix sometimes,” she said. “Once you do find yourself again, you have the biggest thing under your belt that nobody can take away from you and you’re so confident.”

Duff regularly provides glimpses into her family life on Instagram. In December 2022, she shared a photo of her holiday card with fans, which featured an image of Luca, Banks and Maeholding her and Koma hostagewhile they ate cupcakes and laughed.

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In May 2023, Duff appeared on theLipstick on the Rimpodcast, where she talked candidly about prioritizing her family.

“I’m obsessed with my kids. I truly enjoy watching them grow and being there with them,” she said. “I always get a little bummed out when I finish a project and someone is like, ‘What’s next?’ What’s next is I’m going to go be a part of my family. I want to be packing all the bags and the lunches. It’s super important to me.”

A month later, she described parenting toShapeas “f—ing hard” and “endlessly rewarding.”

Duff added: “I’m in my family-making phase. I built this and I wanted this and so I have to be here to enjoy the joyful and the painful and everything in between.”

Here’s everything to know about Hilary Duff’s kids.

Luca Cruz Comrie, 12

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TheLizzie McGuirestar was just 24 years old at the time. She later discussed thechallenges of being a young momduring an appearance onThe Motherly Podcast, admitting that the experience was “isolating” since none of her friends had welcomed children yet.

“I did feel like after I had him, I lost a big chunk of my identity for maybe the first year and a half,” Duff explained. “I did spin it as a positive thing because sitting in it when it was happening maybe I was a little sad about it and I didn’t feel like I had anyone to go through the experience with, but then I came out on the other side. I’m like, I’m a freaking super woman and I can do anything and I have confidence for days.”

Although Duff and Comrie split in 2016, Duff has said she is “really proud” of their co-parenting dynamic. “We are a unit and we’re going to be a unit for the rest of our lives,” she told PEOPLE. “We realized [as a couple] we weren’t where we used to be. But I feel so lucky this happened when Luca was young because this is his normal now.”

Duff’s husband Koma has alsotaken on a rolein Luca’s life. In her 2020cover story forParentsmagazine, Duff revealed that Luca wrote a poem about their blended family and read it aloud at her and Koma’s wedding.

“He wrote something really beautiful,” Duff said, “and it started off with, ‘Our family is a galaxy shooting off of the cosmos.’ He was so brave to get up and talk into the microphone.”

On Luca’s 10th birthday, Duffposted a sweet tributeto “the greatest kid around.”

In February 2023, Duff discussed motherhood on theGood Guyspodcast with her fellow child actorJosh Peck.

“I was a teen mom,” she joked, referring to welcoming Luca at the age of 24. “I think that I was just really ready.I always wanted to be a young parent.”

Duff added: “It was hard cause I didn’t have any friends that were having kids yet. But I just like figured it out and loved it. I love being a mom so much. I wouldn’t change it at all.”

Banks Violet Bair, 6

On Oct. 25, 2018, Duff and Komawelcomed their first child together, a daughter named Banks Violet. Duff posted a photo of herself and Koma cradling the newborn, captioned, “Banks Violet Bair❤️ this little bit has fully stolen our hearts! She joined our world at home on Thursday afternoon and is absolute magic.” The couple hadannounced they were expecting"a little princess" that June.

Despite their 6-year age gap, Banks and her older brother Luca have a sweet relationship and he is very protective of her. “It’s the best,” Duff told PureWow of the two siblings' relationship. “It’s a chemical reaction between siblings sometimes where he knowshe has to protect her.” She added, “He doesn’t want her to ever fall off the couch.”

In January 2020, Duff shared ablack-and-white snapof Luca giving Banks a kiss on the cheek. “I don’t know why he likes her so much…. she stalks and harasses him every minute of the day,” she jokingly wrote in the caption.

A few months later, Duff and Koma celebrated Banks’second birthdaywith heartfelt Instagram posts.

For his post, Koma wrote, “It’s the greatest privilege of my life to be your dad.”

Banks is also a bigfan of her mom’s music. In an interview withCosmopolitan, Duff revealed that her then-3-year-old daughter loved to listen to her albumBreathe In. Breathe Out— specifically her hit track “Sparks.”

“I can’t get away from it because someone exposed my 3-year-old to it,” Duff joked. “We get in the car, and I have to listen to my own music because my daughter’s screaming, ‘I want ‘parks, I want ‘parks.’ "

Another singer Banks likes isHarry Styles. For her fourth birthday, she received asequined pillowwith the British pop star’s face on it as a gift from her grandmother. “My mother wins best Present!” Duff wrote alongside a photo of Banks engrossed in her gift.

Duff alsotook the birthday girl to one of Styles’ concertsto celebrate. Koma shared an adorable video of Banks that showed her in pure awe as she watched Styles perform.

“Harry 4th Birthday Banks Bair. May you always sing with the most engaged and concerned look on your face,” he wrote alongside the clip. “Love you more than you’ll grow up to love Dawes.”

Mae James Bair, 3

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Duff and Komawelcomed their second daughteron March 24, 2021. Duff subtly announced the news with anInstagram photoof Banks. “I’m a big sister … marinating on how I feel about that!” Duff captioned the snap, which showed Banks in a bathtub with a thoughtful look on her face.

Ahead of her birth, Duff spoke with PEOPLE about how much more relaxed she felt about the pregnancy compared to her other two.

In March 2022, Duff shared photos of acake-covered Maeat her 1st birthday party. “Happy ONE Mae Mae — This family loves you so much! What a fun/crazy/tiring year it has been!” she captioned the post. “I truly enjoy you being my little barnacle … your face, with those big eyes just amaze me … It’s especially cute and you know it!! Only a matter of time until you will be keeping up with your sibs little darling and I am one grateful mama to [bear] witness to it all. Happy birthday cake monster. I love you.”

That November, Mae got a new haircut courtesy of her mom. Duff shared aseries of adorable photosof Mae rocking her new bangs, captioned, “Today I cut Mae bangs… and it’s cuuuuute.”

In March 2024, Duffcelebrated Mae’s 3rd birthdaywith a sweet post onInstagram.

Townes Meadow Bair

Duff announced she was expecting in December 2023 when she postedher family’s Christmas cardon Instagram, showcasing a picture of her cradling her growing belly.

“So much for silent nights,” the card read. “Love, the Duff-Bair-Comrie Crew.”

On the back of her card, Duff confirmed the news, writing, “Buckle up Buttercups, we’re adding one more to this crazy bunch!”

Townes was born on May 3, 2024, at home in a water birth. Duffshared the happy newsa few days later on Instagram, alongside sweet black-and-white photos of the newborn.

“Townes Meadow Bair 🧸 , now we know why she made us wait so long…She was perfecting those Cheeks!” she wrote in the caption. “I Have been dreaming of holding you in my arms for months and the past 5 days of getting to know you, stare at you and smell you has been pure moments of magic.”

source: people.com