Doctor
#8,509 most common boys' name of all time · #21,498 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–1951
Rank among boys
#8,509
Rank overall
#21,498 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
43 of 146
All-time
379
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1920 #1,974
Best rank
#561 1884
Girls
Boys
peak 17/yr
Doctor is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,384 |
| 1938 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1936 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,166 |
| 1935 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1932 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,806 |
| 1931 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,109 |
| 1930 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,620 |
| 1928 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,379 |
| 1927 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,805 |
| 1926 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,578 |
| 1925 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1924 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,355 |
| 1923 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,784 |
| 1922 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,644 |
| 1921 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,821 |
| 1920 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,974 |
| 1919 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,271 |
| 1918 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,079 |
| 1917 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,911 |
| 1916 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,944 |
| 1915 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,471 |
| 1914 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,615 |
| 1913 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,297 |
| 1912 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,064 |
| 1911 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,762 |
| 1909 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,301 |
| 1900 | — | 8 | 8 | #991 |
| 1898 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,025 |
| 1897 | — | 9 | 9 | #751 |
| 1896 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,009 |
| 1895 | — | 7 | 7 | #900 |
| 1893 | — | 6 | 6 | #936 |
| 1892 | — | 12 | 12 | #621 |
| 1891 | — | 8 | 8 | #724 |
| 1890 | — | 11 | 11 | #619 |
| 1888 | — | 8 | 8 | #773 |
| 1887 | — | 8 | 8 | #703 |
| 1886 | — | 7 | 7 | #780 |
| 1885 | — | 5 | 5 | #968 |
| 1884 | — | 12 | 12 | #561 |
| 1883 | — | 7 | 7 | #742 |
| 1882 | — | 8 | 8 | #714 |
| 1880 | — | 10 | 10 | #613 |