Dodd — boys' name

What the Data Says About Dodd

The Social Security Administration has registered 306 babies named Dodd between 1938 and 1973, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dodd currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1973. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dodd performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 208 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Dodd shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dodd in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dodd 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 306 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.