Girls' name · since 2022
Dovelyn
Since 2022, U.S. Social Security records show 15 babies named Dovelyn, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #49,637 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 2022
- 2020s
- peak decade
15 girls have been named Dovelyn since 2022, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Dovelyn has 15 recorded births among girls since 2022, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2022 to 2024.
- #49,637 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 15 born since 2022
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dovelyn ranks #49,637 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 2022, peaking in the 2020s.
- #49,637 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 2022
- 2020s
- peak decade
Dovelyn's 15 recorded births place it above 30.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dovelyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dovelyn splits its recorded history at 2024: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2022 (7 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dovelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2024
- Peak year (2024)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2024.
15 total births across 3 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 8 births in a single year.
Dovelyn by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (15 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Dovelyn's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Dovelyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 15 births (100% of all-time use).
Dovelyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dovelyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~2 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, 2022–2024 (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 Dovelyn 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.
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