Girls' name · since 1887
Docie
68 babies named Docie in U.S. Social Security records since 1887, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,431 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 68
- born since 1887
- 1910s
- peak decade
Docie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 68 have been recorded since 1887.
Docie has 68 recorded births among girls since 1887, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1887 to 1928.
- #31,431 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 68 born since 1887
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Docie ranks #31,431 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 68 born since 1887, peaking in the 1910s.
- #31,431 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 68
- born since 1887
- 1910s
- peak decade
Docie's 68 recorded births place it above 56.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Docie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Docie's SSA record in two at 1914 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1887, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1918 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Docie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1887–1928
- Peak year (1918)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Docie by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (26 births, 38% of the file).
1910s was Docie's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Docie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 5
1880s
5 births
- 1890s
1890s
11 births
- 1900s 10
1900s
10 births
- 1910s
1910s
26 births
- 1920s
1920s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 26 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Docie's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (26 total births) through the 1920s (16) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Docie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1887–1928 (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 Docie 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.