Doc
- #3,949 for boys in 2025, 27 births
- Peak · boys
- 1883 · 18 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,391since 1880
Doc over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Doc has never cracked the top 400 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,949 | 27 |
| 2024 | #3,793 | 29 |
| 2023 | #4,886 | 20 |
| 2022 | #3,533 | 32 |
| 2021 | #3,180 | 37 |
| 2020 | #4,540 | 21 |
| 2019 | #4,003 | 26 |
| 2018 | #4,739 | 20 |
| 2017 | #4,224 | 24 |
| 2016 | #3,230 | 35 |
| 2015 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #6,307 | 13 |
| 2013 | #7,026 | 11 |
| 2012 | #5,035 | 18 |
| 2011 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2010 | #7,591 | 10 |
| 2009 | #7,236 | 11 |
| 2008 | #6,393 | 13 |
| 2007 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,497 | 11 |
| 1955 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1951 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #2,523 | 9 |
| 1941 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,872 | 14 |
| 1935 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | #2,293 | 12 |
| 1929 | #2,317 | 12 |
| 1928 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #2,408 | 12 |
| 1926 | #1,720 | 20 |
| 1925 | #1,628 | 22 |
| 1924 | #1,839 | 19 |
| 1923 | #2,614 | 11 |
| 1922 | #1,765 | 20 |
| 1921 | #1,904 | 18 |
| 1920 | #1,416 | 27 |
| 1919 | #2,152 | 14 |
| 1918 | #2,165 | 14 |
| 1917 | #1,643 | 20 |
| 1916 | #1,265 | 28 |
| 1915 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1914 | #1,608 | 15 |
| 1913 | #1,049 | 23 |
| 1912 | #1,353 | 13 |
| 1911 | #925 | 13 |
| 1910 | #1,118 | 9 |
| 1909 | #840 | 12 |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | #866 | 10 |
| 1906 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | #836 | 9 |
| 1904 | #1,205 | 5 |
| 1903 | #734 | 10 |
| 1902 | #1,013 | 6 |
| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #578 | 18 |
| 1899 | #714 | 9 |
| 1898 | #804 | 8 |
| 1897 | #725 | 9 |
| 1896 | #900 | 7 |
| 1895 | #738 | 9 |
| 1894 | #730 | 9 |
| 1893 | #836 | 7 |
| 1892 | #497 | 16 |
| 1891 | #766 | 7 |
| 1890 | #667 | 9 |
| 1889 | #525 | 13 |
| 1888 | #580 | 12 |
| 1887 | #583 | 10 |
| 1886 | #540 | 12 |
| 1885 | #547 | 12 |
| 1884 | #613 | 10 |
| 1883 | #412 | 18 |
| 1882 | #540 | 12 |
| 1881 | #487 | 13 |
| 1880 | #640 | 9 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Doc was already there! It came in at #640, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1937–1939, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Doc is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #2,285 | 6 | 1 in 29,175 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 156 spots since 2024 (#3,793 → #3,949)
- 591 spots since 2020 (#4,540 → #3,949)
- Biggest jump: 377 spots in 1909
- Biggest drop: 480 spots in 1901
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1883 at #412 (18 births)
- Births halved by 1890, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 26 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1880–1900
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,813
- Highest: 1 in 5,813 boys born in 1883 were named Doc (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 63,262 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 12.7% of all boys named Doc (177) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 121 | #412 (1883) | #547 |
| 1890s | 90 | #497 (1892) | #738 |
| 1900s | 88 | #578 (1900) | #935 |
| 1910s | 166 | #925 (1911) | #1,499 |
| 1920s | 170 | #1,416 (1920) | #2,045 |
| 1930s | 68 | #1,872 (1936) | #2,545 |
| 1940s | 61 | #2,523 (1942) | #3,005 |
| 1950s | 63 | #2,497 (1956) | #3,030 |
| 1960s | 41 | #2,784 (1966) | #3,397 |
| 1970s | 27 | #3,658 (1971) | #4,324 |
| 1980s | 38 | #4,573 (1987) | #5,802 |
| 1990s | 32 | #6,407 (1995) | #7,798 |
| 2000s | 83 | #6,393 (2008) | #8,447 |
| 2010s | 177 | #3,230 (2016) | #5,715 |
| 2020s | 166 | #3,180 (2021) | #3,980 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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