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How popular is “Dove” in the USA?

Number of people named “Dove” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Dove” 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 “Dove” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Dove” by birth year

This chart shows how “Dove” 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 8 0.000039705 8 100%
1881 7 0.000036328 7 100%
1882 5 0.00002257 5 100%
1884 9 0.000036967 9 100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 100%
1887 8 0.000032337 8 100%
1888 8 0.000026714 8 100%
1889 6 0.000020765 6 100%
1890 7 0.000023225 7 100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 100%
1892 15 0.00004486 15 100%
1893 11 0.000033823 11 100%
1894 9 0.000026573 9 100%
1895 11 0.000031337 11 100%
1896 7 0.000019581 7 100%
1897 12 0.000034586 12 100%
1898 12 0.000031458 12 100%
1899 6 0.000017687 6 100%
1900 12 0.000026651 12 100%
1901 11 0.000031809 11 100%
1902 6 0.000015515 6 100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 100%
1904 9 0.000022306 9 100%
1905 9 0.00002123 9 100%
1907 7 0.000015041 7 100%
1909 6 0.000011737 6 100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 100%
1912 6 0.000006072 6 100%
1913 10 0.000008794 10 100%
1914 6 0.000004236 6 100%
1915 10 0.000005457 10 100%
1916 6 0.000003102 6 100%
1917 8 0.000003987 8 100%
1918 7 0.000003224 7 100%
1919 7 0.000003317 7 -100%
1921 9 0.000003855 9 100%
1922 14 0.000006116 9 5 29%
1923 11 0.000004777 11 100%
1924 9 0.000003779 9 100%
1926 5 0.000002178 5 100%
1927 8 0.000003449 8 100%
1929 6 0.000002737 6 100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 100%
1934 5 0.000002408 5 100%
1941 5 0.000002052 5 100%
1943 5 0.000001771 5 -100%
1958 6 0.000001451 6 100%
1959 8 0.000001924 8 100%
1960 5 0.000001204 5 100%
1961 11 0.000002656 11 100%
1962 20 0.000004956 15 5 50%
1963 7 0.000001768 7 100%
1964 8 0.000002058 8 100%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 100%
1967 7 0.000002062 7 100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 100%
1969 7 0.000002014 7 100%
1970 9 0.000002495 9 100%
1971 9 0.000002622 9 100%
1972 10 0.000003182 10 100%
1973 7 0.00000232 7 100%
1974 8 0.000002632 8 100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 100%
1976 7 0.000002307 7 100%
1978 9 0.000002836 9 100%
1979 13 0.000003907 13 100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 100%
1985 7 0.000001961 7 100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 100%
1989 6 0.000001561 6 100%
1990 9 0.000002277 9 100%
1991 5 0.000001284 5 100%
1992 11 0.000002864 11 100%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 100%
1995 5 0.000001365 5 100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 100%
1997 11 0.000003034 11 100%
1998 10 0.000002719 10 100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 100%
2000 7 0.000001852 7 100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 100%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 100%
2005 5 0.0000013 5 100%
2006 12 0.000003033 12 100%
2007 8 0.000002001 8 100%
2008 5 0.000001272 5 100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 100%
2011 8 0.000002187 8 100%
2012 9 0.000002461 9 100%
2013 16 0.000004389 16 100%
2014 20 0.000005396 20 100%
2015 17 0.000004593 17 100%
2016 20 0.000005452 20 100%
2017 27 0.00000755 27 100%
2018 26 0.000007395 26 100%
2019 30 0.000008643 30 100%
2020 51 0.000015267 51 100%
2021 75 0.000022137 75 100%
2022 86 0.00002542 86 100%
2023 94 0.000028389 89 5 89%
2024 132 0.000039657 127 5 92%

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