Girls' name · since 1898
Dova
56 babies named Dova in U.S. Social Security records since 1898, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #33,646 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 56
- born since 1898
- 1910s
- peak decade
Dova is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 56 have been recorded since 1898.
Social Security Administration records show Dova recorded 56 times among girls since 1898, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1910s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1898 to 1925.
- #33,646 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 56 born since 1898
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dova ranks #33,646 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 56 born since 1898, peaking in the 1910s.
- #33,646 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 56
- born since 1898
- 1910s
- peak decade
Dova's 56 recorded births place it above 53.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dova's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dova splits its recorded history at 1916: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1902 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1925 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dova popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1898–1925
- Peak year (1925)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Dova by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (26 births, 46% of the file).
1910s was Dova's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Dova births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 6
1890s
6 births
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
26 births
- 1920s
1920s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 26 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Dova's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (26 total births) through the 1920s (19) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Dova: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1925)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1898–1925 (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 Dova 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.