Doua — boys' name
39 babies named Doua in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
56% of everyone ever named Doua was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Doua in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Doua
The Social Security Administration has registered 39 babies named Doua between 1980 and 1994, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Doua currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Doua is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 28 additional births since 1986.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Doua performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Doua shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Doua in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Doua 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 39 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.
Doua at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Doua popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1980
- Peak year (1994)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
39 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 7 births in a single year.
Doua popularity over time — girls
28 total births recorded since 1986 (Doua as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Doua accounts for 42% of total recorded use across both genders.
Doua by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 22 births that decade — 56% of Doua's all-time total
Doua decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Doua's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
Doua by state
Where Doua concentrates geographically — total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 15.4% |
| #2 | Minnesota | | 5 | 12.8% |
6 of 39 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 15.4% of nationwide
- Minnesota 12.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 15.4% 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, 1980–1994 (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.