Dub

Peak · boys
1957 · 11 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
128
since 1917

Dub over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Dub has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,494, 1957boys
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1967#3,5596
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First appearance
1917

The first year at least five boys were named Dub! It came in at #3,981, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1917–1924, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Dub is popular in 2025

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

See more about Dub
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1967
Rise & fade · boys
40 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1917
  • Peaked 1957 at #2,494 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1958, 1 yr 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 156,768
  • Highest: 1 in 156,768 boys born in 1930 were named Dub (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 290,635 boys born in 1967 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,494 in 1957, was only 1 in 196,112 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 36.7% of all boys named Dub (47) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#3,981 (1917)#3,981
1920s12#3,708 (1926)#3,725
1930s18#3,252 (1935)#3,394
1940s16#3,370 (1947)#3,525
1950s47#2,494 (1957)#3,374
1960s30#3,337 (1960)#3,665

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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