Doctor — boys' name

What the Data Says About Doctor

The Social Security Administration has registered 379 babies named Doctor between 1880 and 1951, spanning 72 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Doctor currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1951. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Doctor performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 97 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Doctor shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 35 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Doctor in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Doctor 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 379 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.