Dublin — #10404 US boys' name
334 babies named Dublin in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 27% of names given to boys today.
53% of everyone ever named Dublin was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Dublin in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dublin
The Social Security Administration has registered 334 babies named Dublin between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dublin currently holds the #10404 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 29 babies received it in a single year. Dublin is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 128 additional births since 2006.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dublin performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 178 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Dublin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 27 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dublin in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dublin 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 334 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.
Dublin at a glance
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Current rank
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Dublin popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2003
- Peak year (2011)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
Currently ranks #10404 among boys.
334 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 29 births in a single year.
Dublin popularity over time — girls
128 total births recorded since 2006 (Dublin as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Dublin accounts for 28% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dublin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 178 births that decade — 53% of Dublin's all-time total
Dublin decade highlights
- Peak decade 178 births
- Runner-up 103 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Dublin's strongest decade
178 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
Dublin by state
Where Dublin concentrates geographically — total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 27 | 8.1% |
27 of 334 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 8.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2003–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.