Doyal

Peak · boys
1929 · 39 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,149
since 1912

Doyal over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Doyal has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank192019401960198020002020peak #1,111, 1929boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1989#7,9055
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1987#6,9515
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1985#6,5235
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1980#4,9407
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1973#5,1015
1972#3,6228
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1970#3,8367
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1968#3,6736
1967#3,5596
1966#2,32712
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1964#2,40912
1963#4,0485
1962#3,0418
1961#2,14815
1960#3,3377
1959#2,53011
1958#2,02616
1957#1,88718
1956#2,16814
1955#2,30212
1954#1,95616
1953#1,83618
1952#1,74919
1951#2,13513
1950#1,74618
1949#1,61621
1948#1,70319
1947#1,36329
1946#1,55721
1945#1,77215
1944#1,52520
1943#1,12037
1942#1,58520
1941#1,16932
1940#1,28827
1939#1,48920
1938#1,22129
1937#1,40323
1936#1,22529
1935#1,19431
1934#1,32326
1933#1,31026
1932#1,46523
1931#1,19433
1930#1,15137
1929#1,11139
1928#1,56923
1927#1,69221
1926#1,37928
1925#1,80619
1924#1,77620
1923#1,35829
1922#1,30831
1921#1,64822
1920#1,41627
1919#2,15214
1918#1,90517
1917#1,90016
1916#1,45923
1915#1,87815
1914#2,4578
1913#2,4966
1912#2,5445
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five boys were named Doyal! It came in at #2,544, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1965, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Doyal is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Doyal in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

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Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1989
Rise & fade · boys
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1929 at #1,111 (39 births)
  • Births halved by 1945, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 27,580
  • Highest: 1 in 27,580 boys born in 1929 were named Doyal (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 400,186 boys born in 1989 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 24.1% of all boys named Doyal (277) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s104#1,459 (1916)#2,099
1920s259#1,111 (1929)#1,506
1930s277#1,151 (1930)#1,298
1940s241#1,120 (1943)#1,470
1950s155#1,746 (1950)#2,034
1960s71#2,148 (1961)#3,068
1970s20#3,622 (1972)#4,186
1980s22#4,940 (1980)#6,580

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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