Dover — boys' name

What the Data Says About Dover

The Social Security Administration has registered 140 babies named Dover between 1914 and 2022, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dover currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dover performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Dover shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dover in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dover 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 140 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.