Boys' name · since 1880
Doc
1,391 babies named Doc in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,170 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,953 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,391
- born since 1880
- 2010s
- peak decade
Doc currently ranks #3953 among boys' names in America, with 1,391 babies recorded since 1880.
Doc has 1,391 recorded births among boys since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3953 as of the latest data, more common than 72% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #4,170 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,953 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,391 born since 1880
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Doc ranks #4,170 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,953 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,391 born since 1880, peaking in the 2010s.
- #4,170 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,953 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,391
- born since 1880
- 2010s
- peak decade
Doc's 1,391 recorded births place it above 90.82% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Doc compares
1,391 Top 27% higher than 73% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Doc's all-time total is 4x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Doc | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,391 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 37 | 34 | 22,252 |
Doc's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Doc splits its recorded history at 1943: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1901 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 37 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Doc popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 37
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Doc by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (177 births, 13% of the file).
2010s was Doc's strongest decade.
177 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 13% of all-time use.
Doc births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
121 births
- 1890s
1890s
90 births
- 1900s
1900s
88 births
- 1910s
1910s
166 births
- 1920s
1920s
170 births
- 1930s 68
1930s
68 births
- 1940s 61
1940s
61 births
- 1950s 63
1950s
63 births
- 1960s 41
1960s
41 births
- 1970s 27
1970s
27 births
- 1980s 38
1980s
38 births
- 1990s 32
1990s
32 births
- 2000s
2000s
83 births
- 2010s
2010s
177 births
- 2020s
2020s
166 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 177 births (13% of all-time use).
How Doc compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Doc's total volume
Doc by state
Where Doc concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 53 | 3.8% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 22 | 1.6% |
| #3 | Mississippi | | 11 | 0.8% |
| #4 | California | | 6 | 0.4% |
53 of 1,391 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Doc's data
- Doc's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (177 total births) through the 2020s (166) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Docs (53 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Doc: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Doc draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.