Doss
- #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
- Peak · boys
- 1892 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 445since 1880
Doss over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Doss has never cracked the top 600 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 | #10,695 | 6 |
| 2024 | #7,257 | 11 |
| 2023 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #7,768 | 10 |
| 2021 | #7,587 | 10 |
| 2020 | #8,067 | 9 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #8,864 | 8 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #1,959 | 17 |
| 1926 | #2,904 | 9 |
| 1925 | #3,155 | 8 |
| 1924 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #3,014 | 9 |
| 1921 | #3,214 | 8 |
| 1920 | #2,967 | 9 |
| 1919 | #2,877 | 9 |
| 1918 | #2,699 | 10 |
| 1917 | #2,091 | 14 |
| 1916 | #2,259 | 12 |
| 1915 | #2,829 | 8 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,676 | 11 |
| 1912 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,009 | 6 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #688 | 10 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #789 | 7 |
| 1888 | #815 | 7 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #845 | 6 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #848 | 6 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #706 | 7 |
| 1880 | #809 | 6 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Doss was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Doss is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Doss in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Doss
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 2,628 spots since 2020 (#8,067 → #10,695)
- Biggest jump: 103 spots in 1881
Rise & fade · boys
12 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1892 at #688 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1893, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1880–1881
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,203
- Highest: 1 in 12,203 boys born in 1892 were named Doss (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 19.8% of all boys named Doss (88) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 39 | #706 (1881) | #802 |
| 1890s | 10 | #688 (1892) | #688 |
| 1900s | 11 | #1,009 (1903) | #1,225 |
| 1910s | 71 | #1,676 (1913) | #2,354 |
| 1920s | 88 | #1,959 (1927) | #3,086 |
| 1930s | 46 | #2,646 (1938) | #3,153 |
| 1940s | 41 | #2,671 (1940) | #3,062 |
| 1950s | 18 | #3,021 (1950) | #3,394 |
| 1960s | 16 | #3,652 (1961) | #3,945 |
| 1970s | 10 | #4,907 (1971) | #5,247 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 5 | #8,868 (1995) | #8,868 |
| 2000s | 5 | #12,553 (2008) | #12,553 |
| 2010s | 34 | #7,546 (2017) | #8,533 |
| 2020s | 51 | #7,257 (2024) | #8,936 |
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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