Doy

Last seen for girls in 1953 at #5,673 · Last seen for boys in 1987 at #6,951
Given to boys 95.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1933 · 27 births
Debut · boys
13 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
731
since 1914

Doy over time

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Rank among boys' names. Doy has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201914peak #1,281, 1933boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1987#6,9515
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1979#5,3556
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1974#5,2275
1973
1972#3,6228
1971#3,9637
1970
1969#4,4045
1968#2,9079
1967#3,2317
1966#3,5376
1965#3,2447
1964#2,8549
1963#2,53911
1962#3,0418
1961#2,9009
1960#3,6656
1959#2,53011
1958#3,0338
1957#2,63110
1956#2,9698
1955#2,55810
1954
1953#5,6735#2,39111
1952#1,85617
1951#2,13513
1950#2,11113
1949#2,12313
1948#2,6089
1947#2,07614
1946#4,9605#2,5349
1945#2,3939
1944#2,8627
1943#1,76417
1942#2,04213
1941#1,99713
1940#1,62718
1939#1,87914
1938#1,97613
1937#2,08812
1936#1,80115
1935#1,65618
1934#1,86015
1933#1,28127
1932#1,71618
1931#2,10113
1930#1,82117
1929#2,00215
1928#1,82218
1927#3,8757#2,03416
1926#1,66121
1925#2,08915
1924#1,67522
1923#2,02016
1922#2,04016
1921#5,0995#1,90418
1920#4,3986#2,05216
1919#2,06315
1918#2,69910
1917#2,56210
1916#3,5166
1915#3,7956#2,31011
1914#1,77213
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five boys were named Doy! It came in at #1,772, and was given to 13 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1954, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Doy
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1987
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1933 at #1,281 (27 births)
  • Births halved by 1937, 4 yrs 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 36,723
  • Highest: 1 in 36,723 boys born in 1933 were named Doy (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 373,397 boys born in 1987 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 23.7% of all boys named Doy (173) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s65#1,772 (1914)#2,487
1920s173#1,661 (1926)#1,930
1930s162#1,281 (1933)#1,818
1940s122#1,627 (1940)#2,203
1950s101#1,856 (1952)#2,468
1960s77#2,539 (1963)#3,232
1970s26#3,622 (1972)#4,542
1980s5#6,951 (1987)#6,951

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.

Doy in 1914

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#1,772
13 births · 1 in 50,366 boys

Top boys' names in 1914

  1. #1John37,947
  2. #2William29,753
  3. #3James26,262
  4. #4Robert21,188
  5. #5Joseph18,829
  6. #6George17,602
  7. #7Charles16,937
  8. #8Edward12,319
  9. #9Frank12,002
  10. #10Walter8,962
  11. #1,772Doy13
More about 1914

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654,762 boys got a published name in 1914; 1 in 50,366 of them was named Doy, which outranked 52.9% of the 3,759 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Doy
  1. #1,687Vaughan14
  2. #1,687Wendel14
  3. #1,687Zeno14
  4. #1,772Doy13
  5. #1,772Abbott13
  6. #1,772Ace13
  7. #1,772Adron13
  8. #1,868Alberta12
  9. #1,868Alston12
  10. #1,868Alvar12

Tied with 95 names at #1,772; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1913
Risers
  1. 817Gilmore#1,803#986
  2. 647Santos#1,580#933
  3. 546Lorenza#1,365#819
  4. 534Bobby#1,441#907
  5. 534Gino#1,441#907
Fallers
  1. 918Bernardo#950#1,868
  2. 692Eston#995#1,687
  3. 692Rolf#995#1,687
  4. 613Orson#995#1,608
  5. 458West#930#1,388

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

See the top 100 for 1914