Boy · #3949 in 2025

Doc

Doc: popularity and trends since 1880

Rank
#3949
Born 2025
27
Peak year
1883

Popularity, 1880–2025

per 100,000 boys born

Doc per 100,000 boys born, by year. Peak: 1883. Gaps are years with fewer than five births, which SSA does not publish. Source: SSA, 1880–2025.

Recent trend

Doc has been rising: its share of boys born has grown over the last 10 years. It now stands at 9% of its 1883 peak.

Sounds good with

Names of the other sex that are about as common right now, so two siblings' names do not sound a generation apart.