Doc

#3,949 for boys in 2025, 27 births

Peak · boys
1883 · 18 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,391
since 1880

Doc over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Doc has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201893peak #412, 1883boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#3,94927
2024#3,79329
2023#4,88620
2022#3,53332
2021#3,18037
2020#4,54021
2019#4,00326
2018#4,73920
2017#4,22424
2016#3,23035
2015#7,49110
2014#6,30713
2013#7,02611
2012#5,03518
2011#7,50210
2010#7,59110
2009#7,23611
2008#6,39313
2007#8,1739
2006#10,6626
2005#8,2998
2004#6,52011
2003#7,8318
2002#10,6675
2001#8,3397
2000#10,3495
1999#8,7046
1998#8,4796
1997#7,2817
1996
1995#6,4078
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990#8,1175
1989
1988#7,2705
1987#4,5739
1986#6,7215
1985#5,1477
1984
1983#5,4846
1982#5,6196
1981
1980
1979#5,3556
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973#4,0547
1972
1971#3,6588
1970#4,2306
1969
1968
1967
1966#2,7849
1965#3,9305
1964#3,6016
1963
1962#3,3057
1961#3,0978
1960#3,6656
1959#3,9885
1958#3,2757
1957
1956#2,49711
1955#2,55810
1954
1953#3,1437
1952#3,0957
1951#2,6629
1950#3,0217
1949
1948#3,0107
1947#3,3706
1946#3,1736
1945#3,3385
1944#2,6338
1943#2,7328
1942#2,5239
1941#3,1336
1940#3,1306
1939
1938
1937
1936#1,87214
1935#2,5299
1934#2,7428
1933#3,2686
1932#2,6389
1931#2,47110
1930#2,29312
1929#2,31712
1928#2,8439
1927#2,40812
1926#1,72020
1925#1,62822
1924#1,83919
1923#2,61411
1922#1,76520
1921#1,90418
1920#1,41627
1919#2,15214
1918#2,16514
1917#1,64320
1916#1,26528
1915#1,70717
1914#1,60815
1913#1,04923
1912#1,35313
1911#92513
1910#1,1189
1909#84012
1908#1,2176
1907#86610
1906#1,0047
1905#8369
1904#1,2055
1903#73410
1902#1,0136
1901#1,0585
1900#57818
1899#7149
1898#8048
1897#7259
1896#9007
1895#7389
1894#7309
1893#8367
1892#49716
1891#7667
1890#6679
1889#52513
1888#58012
1887#58310
1886#54012
1885#54712
1884#61310
1883#41218
1882#54012
1881#48713
1880#6409
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Doc was already there! It came in at #640, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1937–1939, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Doc
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 156 spots since 2024 (#3,793#3,949)
  • 591 spots since 2020 (#4,540#3,949)
  • 3,542 spots since 2015 (#7,491#3,949)
  • Biggest jump: 377 spots in 1909 (#1,217#840)
  • Biggest drop: 480 spots in 1901 (#578#1,058)
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #412 (18 births)
  • Births halved by 1890, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 26 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1880–1900
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,813
  • Highest: 1 in 5,813 boys born in 1883 were named Doc (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 63,262 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 12.7% of all boys named Doc (177) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s121#412 (1883)#547
1890s90#497 (1892)#738
1900s88#578 (1900)#935
1910s166#925 (1911)#1,499
1920s170#1,416 (1920)#2,045
1930s68#1,872 (1936)#2,545
1940s61#2,523 (1942)#3,005
1950s63#2,497 (1956)#3,030
1960s41#2,784 (1966)#3,397
1970s27#3,658 (1971)#4,324
1980s38#4,573 (1987)#5,802
1990s32#6,407 (1995)#7,798
2000s83#6,393 (2008)#8,447
2010s177#3,230 (2016)#5,715
2020s166#3,180 (2021)#3,980

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.

Doc in 1893

boys
#836
7 births · 1 in 16,045 boys

Top boys' names in 1893

  1. #1John8,049
  2. #2William7,223
  3. #3James5,030
  4. #4George4,320
  5. #5Charles3,723
  6. #6Joseph2,997
  7. #7Frank2,917
  8. #8Robert2,563
  9. #9Edward2,309
  10. #10Harry2,245
  11. #836Doc7
More about 1893

boys

112,318 boys got a published name in 1893; 1 in 16,045 of them was named Doc, which outranked 29.1% of the 1,179 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 36.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Doc
  1. #768Vaughn8
  2. #768Winston8
  3. #768Woodson8
  4. #836Doc7
  5. #836Acie7
  6. #836Alberto7
  7. #836Alcide7
  8. #907Agnes6
  9. #907Albion6
  10. #907Alfredo6

Tied with 70 names at #836; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1892
Risers
  1. 675Lindsay#1,066#391
  2. 528Carrie#1,066#538
  3. 528Ansel#1,066#538
  4. 528Jule#1,066#538
  5. 528Sanders#1,066#538
Fallers
  1. 488Levy#547#1,035
  2. 438Bonnie#597#1,035
  3. 438Carson#597#1,035
  4. 394Coy#641#1,035
  5. 394Helmer#641#1,035

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

See the top 100 for 1893