Boys' name · since 1880
Doss
445 babies named Doss in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1927. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,451 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,709 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 445
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Yes -- Doss is the #10709 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 445 recorded since 1880.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Doss has been recorded 445 times among boys since 1880, currently ranked #10709 nationally and more common than 23% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #8,451 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,709 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 445 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Doss ranks #8,451 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,709 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 445 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #8,451 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,709 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 445
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Doss's 445 recorded births place it above 81.39% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Doss compares
445 Top 47% higher than 53% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Doss's all-time total is 21% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Doss | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 445 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 34 | 22,252 |
Doss's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Doss's full recorded timeline at 1934, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1909, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1927 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Doss popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1927)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Doss by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (88 births, 20% of the file).
1920s was Doss's strongest decade.
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Doss births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
39 births
- 1890s 10
1890s
10 births
- 1900s 11
1900s
11 births
- 1910s
1910s
71 births
- 1920s
1920s
88 births
- 1930s
1930s
46 births
- 1940s
1940s
41 births
- 1950s 18
1950s
18 births
- 1960s 16
1960s
16 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 34
2010s
34 births
- 2020s
2020s
51 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 88 births (20% of all-time use).
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What to do with Doss's data
- Doss's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (88 total births) through the 2020s (51) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Doss: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1927)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Doss 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.