Unisex name · since 1895
Doll
Doll has 363 recorded births since 1895 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1916 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,343 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 363
- born since 1895
- 1910s
- peak decade
363 girls have been named Doll since 1895, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Doll has 363 recorded births among girls since 1895, 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 1895 to 1968.
- #14,343 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 363 born since 1895
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Doll ranks #14,343 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 363 born since 1895, peaking in the 1910s.
- #14,343 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 363
- born since 1895
- 1910s
- peak decade
Doll's 363 recorded births place it above 80.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Doll's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Doll's SSA record in two at 1925 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1897, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1916 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Doll popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1895–1968
- Peak year (1916)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 74 years of records
Doll popularity over time - boys
24 total births recorded since 1893 (Doll as boys' name)
Doll by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (95 births, 26% of the file).
1910s was Doll's strongest decade.
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Doll births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 16
1890s
16 births
- 1900s
1900s
44 births
- 1910s
1910s
95 births
- 1920s
1920s
69 births
- 1930s
1930s
48 births
- 1940s 28
1940s
28 births
- 1950s
1950s
46 births
- 1960s 17
1960s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 95 births (26% of all-time use).
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What to do with Doll's data
- Doll's decade-level peak was the 1910s (95 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Doll: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~73 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, 1895–1968 (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 Doll 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.