Dock
Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
- Peak · boys
- 1883 · 63 births
- Debut · boys
- 46 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,383since 1880
Dock over time
Rank among boys' names. Dock has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | #4,697 | 12 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #3,030 | 14 |
| 1980 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #2,458 | 18 |
| 1976 | #2,946 | 13 |
| 1975 | #2,288 | 19 |
| 1974 | #2,199 | 19 |
| 1973 | #2,513 | 15 |
| 1972 | #2,819 | 12 |
| 1971 | #2,203 | 18 |
| 1970 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1967 | #1,906 | 17 |
| 1966 | #1,814 | 18 |
| 1965 | #1,987 | 16 |
| 1964 | #1,793 | 20 |
| 1963 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | #2,279 | 13 |
| 1961 | #2,242 | 14 |
| 1960 | #1,692 | 23 |
| 1959 | #1,559 | 26 |
| 1958 | #1,277 | 36 |
| 1957 | #1,511 | 27 |
| 1956 | #1,335 | 33 |
| 1955 | #1,370 | 31 |
| 1954 | #1,242 | 36 |
| 1953 | #1,261 | 35 |
| 1952 | #1,136 | 42 |
| 1951 | #1,110 | 42 |
| 1950 | #1,232 | 34 |
| 1949 | #1,205 | 35 |
| 1948 | #1,079 | 43 |
| 1947 | #1,136 | 41 |
| 1946 | #862 | 58 |
| 1945 | #1,056 | 37 |
| 1944 | #991 | 43 |
| 1943 | #923 | 52 |
| 1942 | #1,119 | 37 |
| 1941 | #1,129 | 34 |
| 1940 | #862 | 53 |
| 1939 | #931 | 45 |
| 1938 | #883 | 50 |
| 1937 | #982 | 41 |
| 1936 | #940 | 43 |
| 1935 | #731 | 70 |
| 1934 | #822 | 58 |
| 1933 | #852 | 53 |
| 1932 | #924 | 49 |
| 1931 | #775 | 65 |
| 1930 | #678 | 85 |
| 1929 | #734 | 73 |
| 1928 | #763 | 72 |
| 1927 | #629 | 100 |
| 1926 | #639 | 97 |
| 1925 | #585 | 115 |
| 1924 | #640 | 100 |
| 1923 | #582 | 116 |
| 1922 | #614 | 111 |
| 1921 | #576 | 120 |
| 1920 | #542 | 128 |
| 1919 | #551 | 118 |
| 1918 | #556 | 117 |
| 1917 | #586 | 103 |
| 1916 | #509 | 123 |
| 1915 | #614 | 88 |
| 1914 | #500 | 96 |
| 1913 | #520 | 68 |
| 1912 | #434 | 80 |
| 1911 | #379 | 55 |
| 1910 | #296 | 70 |
| 1909 | #348 | 45 |
| 1908 | #330 | 46 |
| 1907 | #294 | 52 |
| 1906 | #279 | 51 |
| 1905 | #346 | 35 |
| 1904 | #322 | 38 |
| 1903 | #300 | 39 |
| 1902 | #261 | 50 |
| 1901 | #272 | 40 |
| 1900 | #237 | 73 |
| 1899 | #257 | 42 |
| 1898 | #239 | 53 |
| 1897 | #207 | 68 |
| 1896 | #211 | 71 |
| 1895 | #208 | 68 |
| 1894 | #218 | 60 |
| 1893 | #229 | 55 |
| 1892 | #217 | 65 |
| 1891 | #229 | 49 |
| 1890 | #218 | 58 |
| 1889 | #220 | 57 |
| 1888 | #214 | 68 |
| 1887 | #217 | 53 |
| 1886 | #194 | 69 |
| 1885 | #206 | 59 |
| 1884 | #202 | 66 |
| 1883 | #185 | 63 |
| 1882 | #212 | 59 |
| 1881 | #233 | 43 |
| 1880 | #244 | 46 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Dock was already there! It came in at #244, and was given to 46 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1991–1992, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Dock is popular in 1915
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#210 · 1 in 1,540
- South Carolina#258 · 1 in 2,158
- North Carolina#260 · 1 in 2,151
- Alabama#263 · 1 in 1,957
- Arkansas#298 · 1 in 2,166
Best ever in a state: #112 in Georgia, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #210 | 16 | 1 in 1,540 |
| South Carolina | #258 | 7 | 1 in 2,158 |
| North Carolina | #260 | 11 | 1 in 2,151 |
| Alabama | #263 | 10 | 1 in 1,957 |
| Arkansas | #298 | 6 | 1 in 2,166 |
| Mississippi | #325 | 6 | 1 in 2,515 |
| Virginia | #343 | 5 | 1 in 3,609 |
| Kentucky | #404 | 5 | 1 in 3,750 |
| Texas | #521 | 8 | 1 in 4,627 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Dock
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 196 spots in 1943 (#1,119 → #923)
- Biggest drop: 274 spots in 1947 (#862 → #1,136)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1883 at #185 (63 births)
- Births halved by 1955, 72 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1880–1940
- Highest: 1 in 1,606 boys born in 1886 were named Dock (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #185 in 1883, was only 1 in 1,661 (0.06%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 19.2% of all boys named Dock (1,032) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 583 | #185 (1883) | #213 |
| 1890s | 589 | #207 (1897) | #223 |
| 1900s | 469 | #237 (1900) | #299 |
| 1910s | 918 | #296 (1910) | #495 |
| 1920s | 1,032 | #542 (1920) | #630 |
| 1930s | 559 | #678 (1930) | #852 |
| 1940s | 433 | #862 (1946) | #1,036 |
| 1950s | 342 | #1,110 (1951) | #1,303 |
| 1960s | 153 | #1,692 (1960) | #2,226 |
| 1970s | 140 | #2,199 (1974) | #2,944 |
| 1980s | 85 | #3,030 (1981) | #4,852 |
| 1990s | 47 | #4,697 (1993) | #6,944 |
| 2000s | 17 | #8,209 (2000) | #10,724 |
| 2010s | 5 | #12,185 (2016) | #12,185 |
| 2020s | 11 | #10,605 (2020) | #11,422 |
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.
Dock in 1915
Top boys' names in 1915
More about 1915
boys
848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 9,643 of them was named Dock, which outranked 86.0% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.