Doak — boys' name
189 babies named Doak in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Doak was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Doak in 1957 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Doak
The Social Security Administration has registered 189 babies named Doak between 1915 and 2021, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Doak currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Doak performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 94 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Doak shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Doak in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Doak in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 189 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Doak at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Doak popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1915
- Peak year (1957)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 107 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
189 total births across 107 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1957 with 17 births in a single year.
Doak by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 94 births that decade — 50% of Doak's all-time total
Doak decade highlights
- Peak decade 94 births
- Runner-up 40 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Doak's strongest decade
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Doak by state
Where Doak concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.6% |
5 of 189 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.