Dove
Rank in 2025
#1484
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
144
girls 144
Peak year
2025
144 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
1,473
since 1880
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Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Dove was most popular in 2025, when 144 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.09 per 1,000). In 2025, 144 babies were named Dove, ranking #1484 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 235%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 144 | 1484 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 128 | 1622 | 5 | 12349 |
| 2023 | 89 | 2142 | 5 | 12239 |
| 2022 | 87 | 2174 | 5 | 12330 |
| 2021 | 75 | 2384 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 51 | 3091 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 30 | 4546 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 26 | 5007 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 27 | 4922 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 20 | 6186 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 17 | 6977 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 20 | 6207 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 16 | 7372 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 9 | 11257 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 8 | 12153 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 5 | 17294 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 5 | 17504 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 8 | 12676 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 12 | 9286 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 5 | 16462 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 8 | 11325 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 5 | 15352 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 7 | 11801 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 6 | 12688 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 10 | 8584 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 11 | 7742 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 7 | 10567 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 5 | 13386 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 6 | 11778 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 11 | 7512 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 5 | 13147 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 9 | 8501 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 6 | 10847 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 5 | 11325 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 5 | 10912 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 7 | 8318 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 8 | 7312 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 7 | 8128 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 6 | 9095 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 13 | 5092 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 9 | 6385 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 7 | 7296 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 6 | 7984 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 8 | 6258 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 7 | 6666 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 10 | 5109 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 9 | 5543 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 9 | 5413 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 7 | 5974 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 5 | 7016 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 7 | 5457 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 5 | 6564 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 6 | 5817 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 8 | 5008 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 7 | 5296 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 15 | 3293 | 5 | 4033 |
| 1961 | 11 | 4009 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 5 | 6390 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 8 | 4625 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 6 | 5408 | <5 | — |
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| 1944 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 5 | 3538 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 5 | 4420 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 1934 | 5 | 4286 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 6 | 3901 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 1929 | 6 | 4053 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 8 | 3561 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 5 | 4851 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 9 | 3393 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 11 | 2917 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 9 | 3379 | 5 | 4307 |
| 1921 | 9 | 3400 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 7 | 3391 |
| 1918 | 7 | 3869 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 8 | 3344 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 6 | 3919 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 10 | 2688 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 6 | 3188 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 10 | 2034 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 6 | 2634 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 7 | 1956 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 6 | 1957 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 7 | 1639 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 9 | 1298 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 9 | 1251 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 5 | 1792 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 6 | 1594 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 11 | 1007 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 12 | 1106 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 6 | 1394 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 12 | 1009 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 12 | 931 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 7 | 1292 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 11 | 986 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 9 | 1061 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 11 | 901 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 15 | 762 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 6 | 1213 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 7 | 1099 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 6 | 1147 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 8 | 959 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 8 | 860 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 7 | 897 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 9 | 731 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 5 | 908 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 7 | 679 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 8 | 628 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 97% · boys 3% across all years