Doy — boys' name

What the Data Says About Doy

The Social Security Administration has registered 731 babies named Doy between 1914 and 1987, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Doy currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1933, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Doy performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 173 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Doy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in West Virginia, which accounts for 72 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Doy in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Doy 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 731 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.