Doha — #9190 US girls' name
153 babies named Doha in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 48% of names given to girls today.
36% of everyone ever named Doha was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Doha in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Doha
The Social Security Administration has registered 153 babies named Doha between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Doha currently holds the #9190 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Doha performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 55 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Doha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Doha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Doha 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 153 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.
Doha at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Doha popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1994
- Peak year (2003)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
Currently ranks #9190 among girls.
153 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 13 births in a single year.
Doha popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 2022 (Doha as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Doha accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Doha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 55 births that decade — 36% of Doha's all-time total
Doha decade highlights
- Peak decade 55 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Doha's strongest decade
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Doha by state
Where Doha concentrates geographically — total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 3.9% |
6 of 153 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 3.9% 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, 1994–2024 (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.