Doc — #3778 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Doc

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,364 babies named Doc between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Doc currently holds the #3778 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 37 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Doc performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 177 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Doc shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 47 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Doc in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Doc 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 1,364 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.