Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Doc” in the USA?

Number of people named “Doc” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Doc” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Doc” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Doc” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Doc” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Doc” by birth year

This chart shows how “Doc” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 9 0.000044669 9 -100%
1881 13 0.000067467 13 -100%
1882 12 0.000054168 12 -100%
1883 18 0.00008297 18 -100%
1884 10 0.000041074 10 -100%
1885 12 0.000049823 12 -100%
1886 12 0.000047001 12 -100%
1887 10 0.000040422 10 -100%
1888 12 0.00004007 12 -100%
1889 13 0.000044991 13 -100%
1890 9 0.000029861 9 -100%
1891 7 0.000024418 7 -100%
1892 16 0.000047851 16 -100%
1893 7 0.000021524 7 -100%
1894 9 0.000026573 9 -100%
1895 9 0.00002564 9 -100%
1896 7 0.000019581 7 -100%
1897 9 0.00002594 9 -100%
1898 8 0.000020972 8 -100%
1899 9 0.00002653 9 -100%
1900 18 0.000039977 18 -100%
1901 5 0.000014459 5 -100%
1902 6 0.000015515 6 -100%
1903 10 0.000026233 10 -100%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 -100%
1905 9 0.00002123 9 -100%
1906 7 0.000016338 7 -100%
1907 10 0.000021487 10 -100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1909 12 0.000023473 12 -100%
1910 9 0.000015236 9 -100%
1911 13 0.000020178 13 -100%
1912 13 0.000013157 13 -100%
1913 23 0.000020227 23 -100%
1914 15 0.000010591 15 -100%
1915 17 0.000009277 17 -100%
1916 28 0.000014475 28 -100%
1917 20 0.000009966 20 -100%
1918 14 0.000006448 14 -100%
1919 14 0.000006634 14 -100%
1920 27 0.000011933 27 -100%
1921 18 0.00000771 18 -100%
1922 20 0.000008737 20 -100%
1923 11 0.000004777 11 -100%
1924 19 0.000007978 19 -100%
1925 22 0.000009429 22 -100%
1926 20 0.000008711 20 -100%
1927 12 0.000005174 12 -100%
1928 9 0.000003981 9 -100%
1929 12 0.000005474 12 -100%
1930 12 0.000005397 12 -100%
1931 10 0.000004752 10 -100%
1932 9 0.000004263 9 -100%
1933 6 0.000003001 6 -100%
1934 8 0.000003852 8 -100%
1935 9 0.000004306 9 -100%
1936 14 0.000006739 14 -100%
1940 6 0.000002606 6 -100%
1941 6 0.000002463 6 -100%
1942 9 0.000003295 9 -100%
1943 8 0.000002834 8 -100%
1944 8 0.000002974 8 -100%
1945 5 0.000001885 5 -100%
1946 6 0.000001878 6 -100%
1947 6 0.000001666 6 -100%
1948 7 0.000002028 7 -100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 -100%
1951 9 0.000002443 9 -100%
1952 7 0.000001843 7 -100%
1953 7 0.000001816 7 -100%
1955 10 0.000002491 10 -100%
1956 11 0.000002668 11 -100%
1958 7 0.000001693 7 -100%
1959 5 0.000001203 5 -100%
1960 6 0.000001444 6 -100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 -100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 -100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 -100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 -100%
1970 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1971 8 0.000002331 8 -100%
1973 7 0.00000232 7 -100%
1979 6 0.000001803 6 -100%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 -100%
1983 6 0.000001732 6 -100%
1985 7 0.000001961 7 -100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 -100%
1987 9 0.000002496 9 -100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
1990 5 0.000001265 5 -100%
1995 8 0.000002185 8 -100%
1997 7 0.000001931 7 -100%
1998 6 0.000001631 6 -100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
2000 5 0.000001323 5 -100%
2001 7 0.00000187 7 -100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 -100%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 -100%
2004 11 0.000002879 11 -100%
2005 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
2006 6 0.000001517 6 -100%
2007 9 0.000002251 9 -100%
2008 13 0.000003307 13 -100%
2009 11 0.000002879 11 -100%
2010 10 0.000002706 10 -100%
2011 10 0.000002734 10 -100%
2012 18 0.000004922 18 -100%
2013 11 0.000003017 11 -100%
2014 13 0.000003507 13 -100%
2015 10 0.000002702 10 -100%
2016 35 0.00000954 35 -100%
2017 24 0.000006711 24 -100%
2018 20 0.000005688 20 -100%
2019 26 0.000007491 26 -100%
2020 21 0.000006286 21 -100%
2021 37 0.000010921 37 -100%
2022 32 0.000009459 32 -100%
2023 20 0.00000604 20 -100%
2024 29 0.000008713 29 -100%

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