Doctor vs Dock

Side-by-side comparison of Doctor and Dock — popularity rank, total births, peak decade, and historical trends from Social Security Administration data.

Name A

Doctor

Boy name

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Name B

Dock

Boy name

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Metric Doctor Dock
Current Rank Unranked Unranked
Total Births (all years) 379 5,383
Peak Year 1920 1920
Peak Year Births 17 128
Peak Decade 1920ss 1920ss
Gender Boy Boy
First Recorded Year 1880 1880

Births by Decade

Decade Doctor Dock
1880ss 65 583
1890ss 65 589
1900ss 14 469
1910ss 96 918
1920ss 97 1,032
1930ss 36 559
1940ss — 433
1950ss 6 342
1960ss — 153
1970ss — 140
1980ss — 85
1990ss — 47
2000ss — 17
2010ss — 5
2020ss — 11

Recent Annual Births (2014–present)

Year Doctor Dock
2016 — 5
2020 — 6
2023 — 5

Data Sources

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, ssa.gov/oact/babynames.
Source: SSA Annual Name Rankings, 1880–1951.

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