Dock

Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239

Peak · boys
1883 · 63 births
Debut · boys
46 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,383
since 1880

Dock over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Dock has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201943peak #185, 1883boys
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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025—
2024—
2023#12,2395
2022—
2021—
2020#10,6056
2019—
2018—
2017—
2016#12,1855
2015—
2014—
2013—
2012—
2011—
2010—
2009#12,4915
2008—
2007—
2006—
2005#11,4725
2004—
2003—
2002—
2001—
2000#8,2097
1999—
1998#7,5607
1997#9,2655
1996—
1995#8,8685
1994#5,45210
1993#4,69712
1992—
1991—
1990#5,8238
1989#7,9055
1988#4,7869
1987#5,4597
1986#4,4579
1985#5,1477
1984#4,9737
1983#4,1419
1982#5,0037
1981#3,03014
1980#3,61511
1979#4,0689
1978#5,0596
1977#2,45818
1976#2,94613
1975#2,28819
1974#2,19919
1973#2,51315
1972#2,81912
1971#2,20318
1970#2,89111
1969#3,9356
1968#2,20014
1967#1,90617
1966#1,81418
1965#1,98716
1964#1,79320
1963#2,41412
1962#2,27913
1961#2,24214
1960#1,69223
1959#1,55926
1958#1,27736
1957#1,51127
1956#1,33533
1955#1,37031
1954#1,24236
1953#1,26135
1952#1,13642
1951#1,11042
1950#1,23234
1949#1,20535
1948#1,07943
1947#1,13641
1946#86258
1945#1,05637
1944#99143
1943#92352
1942#1,11937
1941#1,12934
1940#86253
1939#93145
1938#88350
1937#98241
1936#94043
1935#73170
1934#82258
1933#85253
1932#92449
1931#77565
1930#67885
1929#73473
1928#76372
1927#629100
1926#63997
1925#585115
1924#640100
1923#582116
1922#614111
1921#576120
1920#542128
1919#551118
1918#556117
1917#586103
1916#509123
1915#61488
1914#50096
1913#52068
1912#43480
1911#37955
1910#29670
1909#34845
1908#33046
1907#29452
1906#27951
1905#34635
1904#32238
1903#30039
1902#26150
1901#27240
1900#23773
1899#25742
1898#23953
1897#20768
1896#21171
1895#20868
1894#21860
1893#22955
1892#21765
1891#22949
1890#21858
1889#22057
1888#21468
1887#21753
1886#19469
1885#20659
1884#20266
1883#18563
1882#21259
1881#23343
1880#24446
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Dock was already there! It came in at #244, and was given to 46 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1991–1992, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Dock is popular in 1943

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #429 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 6,220 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedLAMississippi: #400 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,964 boysMSAlabama: #314 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,427 boysALGeorgia: #476 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,338 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Dock, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alabama#314 · 1 in 3,427
  2. Mississippi#400 · 1 in 4,964
  3. North Carolina#429 · 1 in 6,220
  4. Georgia#476 · 1 in 7,338

Best ever in a state: #112 in Georgia, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#314101 in 3,427
Mississippi#40051 in 4,964
North Carolina#42971 in 6,220
Georgia#47651 in 7,338
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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.

See more about Dock
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 196 spots in 1943 (#1,119 → #923)
  • Biggest drop: 274 spots in 1947 (#862 → #1,136)
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #185 (63 births)
  • Births halved by 1955, 72 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 64 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1880–1940
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,606
  • Highest: 1 in 1,606 boys born in 1886 were named Dock (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #185 in 1883, was only 1 in 1,661 (0.06%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 19.2% of all boys named Dock (1,032) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s583#185 (1883)#213
1890s589#207 (1897)#223
1900s469#237 (1900)#299
1910s918#296 (1910)#495
1920s1,032#542 (1920)#630
1930s559#678 (1930)#852
1940s433#862 (1946)#1,036
1950s342#1,110 (1951)#1,303
1960s153#1,692 (1960)#2,226
1970s140#2,199 (1974)#2,944
1980s85#3,030 (1981)#4,852
1990s47#4,697 (1993)#6,944
2000s17#8,209 (2000)#10,724
2010s5#12,185 (2016)#12,185
2020s11#10,605 (2020)#11,422

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.

Dock in 1943

boys
#923
52 births · 1 in 27,448 boys

Top boys' names in 1943

  1. #1James80,278
  2. #2Robert74,892
  3. #3John68,929
  4. #4William55,904
  5. #5Richard46,339
  6. #6David37,240
  7. #7Charles36,632
  8. #8Thomas32,874
  9. #9Ronald29,239
  10. #10Michael24,745
  11. #923Dock52
More about 1943

boys

1,427,297 boys got a published name in 1943; 1 in 27,448 of them was named Dock, which outranked 77.2% of the 4,040 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dock
  1. #917Lavon53
  2. #917Milan53
  3. #917Refugio53
  4. #923Dock52
  5. #923Antone52
  6. #923Elwyn52
  7. #923Jonas52
  8. #933Derrell51
  9. #933Giles51
  10. #933Jaime51

Tied with 9 names at #923; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1942
Risers
  1. ↑ 514Derek#1,228 → #714
  2. ↑ 465Armond#1,421 → #956
  3. ↑ 368Les#1,214 → #846
  4. ↑ 347Aron#1,244 → #897
  5. ↑ 321Edsel#1,167 → #846
Fallers
  1. ↓ 500Humberto#780 → #1,280
  2. ↓ 352Chauncey#928 → #1,280
  3. ↓ 352Clearence#991 → #1,343
  4. ↓ 344Macarthur#512 → #856
  5. ↓ 325Reyes#933 → #1,258

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1943 →