Dodger — #7015 US boys' name
145 babies named Dodger in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 51% of names given to boys today.
65% of everyone ever named Dodger was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Dodger in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dodger
The Social Security Administration has registered 145 babies named Dodger between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dodger currently holds the #7015 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dodger performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 94 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Dodger shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dodger in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dodger 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 145 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.
Dodger at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dodger popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1997
- Peak year (2014)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
Currently ranks #7015 among boys.
145 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 14 births in a single year.
Dodger by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 94 births that decade — 65% of Dodger's all-time total
Dodger decade highlights
- Peak decade 94 births
- Runner-up 40 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Dodger's strongest decade
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
Dodger by state
Where Dodger concentrates geographically — total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Utah | | 5 | 3.4% |
5 of 145 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Utah 3.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Utah accounts for 3.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1997–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.