Dub — boys' name

What the Data Says About Dub

The Social Security Administration has registered 128 babies named Dub between 1917 and 1967, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dub currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1967. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dub performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 47 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Dub shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dub in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dub 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 128 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.