Dove
Dove was given to 144 girls in 2025, #1,487 among girls’ names; 1,473 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,090 Americans named Dove and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (74% of everyone recorded); the median is 6 years old and half are between 2 and 27.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Dove by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Dove?
#1,487 among girls’ names, 2025
Dove rose from #7,062 in 2015 to #1,487 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 9.5 to 89.6 per million.
144 babies in 2025, the peak
Dove peaked in 2025, when 144 girls were given it, #1,487 among girls’ names. In 2024 it went to 128 girls.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 144 | #1,487 | 89.6 |
| 2024 | 128 | #1,623 | 79.0 |
| 2023 | 89 | #2,146 | 55.5 |
| 2022 | 87 | #2,178 | 53.0 |
| 2021 | 75 | #2,393 | 45.7 |
| 2020 | 51 | #3,105 | 31.5 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,574 | 17.9 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,045 | 15.3 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,957 | 15.6 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,236 | 11.3 |
Every recorded year (104)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 17 | #7,062 | 9.5 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,260 | 11.2 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,491 | 9.1 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,529 | 5.1 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,481 | 4.5 |
| 2009 | 5 | #18,068 | 2.7 |
| 2008 | 5 | #18,293 | 2.6 |
| 2007 | 8 | #13,017 | 4.2 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,460 | 6.3 |
| 2005 | 5 | #17,225 | 2.7 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,601 | 4.4 |
| 2001 | 5 | #16,030 | 2.8 |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,151 | 3.9 |
| 1999 | 6 | #13,138 | 3.4 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,778 | 5.7 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,913 | 6.3 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,895 | 4.0 |
| 1995 | 5 | #14,070 | 2.8 |
| 1994 | 6 | #12,215 | 3.4 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,666 | 6.0 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,769 | 2.7 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,679 | 4.7 |
| 1989 | 6 | #11,224 | 3.3 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,814 | 2.9 |
| 1986 | 5 | #11,429 | 2.9 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,588 | 4.1 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,487 | 4.8 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,355 | 4.2 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,397 | 3.6 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,172 | 8.1 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,537 | 5.9 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,504 | 4.8 |
| 1975 | 6 | #8,268 | 4.1 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,398 | 5.5 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,850 | 4.8 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,198 | 6.6 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,646 | 5.4 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,501 | 5.1 |
| 1969 | 7 | #6,128 | 4.1 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,301 | 3.0 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,621 | 4.2 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,845 | 3.0 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,991 | 3.4 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,130 | 4.2 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,467 | 3.6 |
| 1962 | 15 | #3,327 | 7.6 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,079 | 5.4 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,617 | 2.5 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,739 | 4.0 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,595 | 3.0 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,583 | 4.1 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,442 | 4.8 |
| 1932 | 6 | #4,024 | 5.6 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,202 | 5.4 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,625 | 6.7 |
| 1926 | 5 | #5,034 | 4.2 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,465 | 7.2 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,972 | 9.1 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,450 | 7.5 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,478 | 7.3 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,976 | 6.0 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,428 | 7.4 |
| 1916 | 6 | #4,048 | 5.7 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,746 | 10.2 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,291 | 7.9 |
| 1913 | 10 | #2,065 | 16.0 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,722 | 10.8 |
| 1911 | 7 | #2,019 | 16.7 |
| 1909 | 6 | #2,025 | 17.3 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,679 | 22.0 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,331 | 30.9 |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,289 | 32.7 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,863 | 19.1 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,651 | 22.7 |
| 1901 | 11 | #1,026 | 46.0 |
| 1900 | 12 | #1,125 | 40.0 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,452 | 25.7 |
| 1898 | 12 | #1,020 | 46.4 |
| 1897 | 12 | #940 | 51.2 |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,325 | 29.4 |
| 1895 | 11 | #1,005 | 47.1 |
| 1894 | 9 | #1,081 | 40.4 |
| 1893 | 11 | #915 | 51.7 |
| 1892 | 15 | #766 | 70.6 |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,241 | 32.3 |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,124 | 36.8 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,172 | 33.6 |
| 1888 | 8 | #976 | 44.8 |
| 1887 | 8 | #879 | 54.8 |
| 1886 | 7 | #920 | 48.4 |
| 1884 | 9 | #752 | 69.8 |
| 1882 | 5 | #944 | 46.4 |
| 1881 | 7 | #698 | 76.1 |
| 1880 | 8 | #639 | 87.9 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Dove a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,473 Americans recorded as Dove, 97% are girls and 3% boys. In 2025 it went to 144 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Dove: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Dove, and how old are they?
1,090 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 74% of the 1,473 Americans ever recorded as Dove. The median Dove alive today is 6 years old; half are between 2 and 27.
The 2020 Census counted 726 people named Dove (589 women and girls, 137 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 527 born in the U.S. The Census count is 38% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 6 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 55 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 106 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 79 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 98 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 741 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 10,753 babies since 1880, Dove is the second most given (14% of them). In 2025 it was given to 144 of their 187 babies (77%), the most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
More about Dove and names like it
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