Dove
#1,484 for girls in 2025, 144 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
Given to girls 97.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 8 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,436since 1880
Dove over time
Rank among girls' names. Dove has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,484 | 144 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,622 | 128 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | #2,142 | 89 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #2,174 | 87 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #2,384 | 75 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,091 | 51 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,546 | 30 | — | |
| 2018 | #5,007 | 26 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,922 | 27 | — | |
| 2016 | #6,186 | 20 | — | |
| 2015 | #6,977 | 17 | — | |
| 2014 | #6,207 | 20 | — | |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 | — | |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 | — | |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | — | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | — | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | — | |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | — | |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 | — | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | — | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | — | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | — | |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | — | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | — | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | — | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | — | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | — | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | — | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | — | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | — | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | — | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | — | |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | — | |
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | — | |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | — | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | — | |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | — | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | — | |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | — | |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 | — | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | — | |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | — | |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | — | |
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | #3,538 | 5 | |
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | — | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | — | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | — | |
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | — | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | — | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | — | |
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 | — | |
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | #3,391 | 7 | |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 | — | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | — | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | — | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,007 | 11 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,106 | 12 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,009 | 12 | — | |
| 1897 | #931 | 12 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 | — | |
| 1895 | #986 | 11 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,061 | 9 | — | |
| 1893 | #901 | 11 | — | |
| 1892 | #762 | 15 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 | — | |
| 1888 | #959 | 8 | — | |
| 1887 | #860 | 8 | — | |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | #731 | 9 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | #908 | 5 | — | |
| 1881 | #679 | 7 | — | |
| 1880 | #628 | 8 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Dove was already there! It came in at #628, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Dove
- 138 spots since 2024 (#1,622 → #1,484)
- 1,607 spots since 2020 (#3,091 → #1,484)
- 5,493 spots since 2015 (#6,977 → #1,484)
- Biggest jump: 451 spots in 1892 (#1,213 → #762)
- Biggest drop: 306 spots in 1896 (#986 → #1,292)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #628 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1883, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1880–1882
- Highest: 1 in 11,162 girls born in 2025 were named Dove (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #628 in 1880, was only 1 in 11,374 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 40.0% of all girls named Dove (574) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 58 | #628 (1880) | #851 |
| 1890s | 96 | #762 (1892) | #1,065 |
| 1900s | 65 | #1,007 (1901) | #1,456 |
| 1910s | 60 | #1,956 (1911) | #2,954 |
| 1920s | 57 | #2,917 (1923) | #3,651 |
| 1930s | 11 | #3,901 (1932) | #4,094 |
| 1940s | 5 | #4,420 (1941) | #4,420 |
| 1950s | 14 | #4,625 (1959) | #5,017 |
| 1960s | 76 | #3,293 (1962) | #5,482 |
| 1970s | 78 | #5,092 (1979) | #6,194 |
| 1980s | 44 | #7,312 (1983) | #9,420 |
| 1990s | 70 | #7,512 (1992) | #10,434 |
| 2000s | 55 | #9,286 (2006) | #13,963 |
| 2010s | 173 | #4,546 (2019) | #7,181 |
| 2020s | 574 | #1,484 (2025) | #2,150 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Dove in 2024
Top girls' names in 2024
Top boys' names in 2024
More about 2024
girls
1,620,190 girls got a published name in 2024; 1 in 12,658 of them was named Dove, which outranked 90.8% of the 17,726 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,613Suri129
- #1,613Vaeda129
- #1,613Yvette129
- #1,622Dove128
- #1,622Abbie128
- #1,622Eloisa128
- #1,622Georgiana128
- #1,630Amia127
- #1,630Constance127
- #1,630Dolly127
Tied with 7 names at #1,622; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,722,888 boys got a published name in 2024; 1 in 344,578 of them was named Dove, which outranked 13.6% of the 14,294 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,945 names at #12,349; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.