Dove
#5,457 most common girls' name of all time · #9,249 across all names · 3% male / 97% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among girls
#5,457
Rank overall
#9,249 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
106 of 146
All-time
1,473
Since 2016
692
Peak year
2025 #1,484
Best rank
#639 1880
Girls
Boys
peak 144/yr
Dove 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 144 | — | 144 | #1,484 |
| 2024 | 128 | 5 | 133 | #1,624 |
| 2023 | 89 | 5 | 94 | #2,143 |
| 2022 | 87 | 5 | 92 | #2,174 |
| 2021 | 75 | — | 75 | #2,384 |
| 2020 | 51 | — | 51 | #3,092 |
| 2019 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,552 |
| 2018 | 26 | — | 26 | #5,010 |
| 2017 | 27 | — | 27 | #4,922 |
| 2016 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,190 |
| 2015 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,980 |
| 2014 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,211 |
| 2013 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,379 |
| 2012 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,262 |
| 2011 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,164 |
| 2009 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,312 |
| 2008 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,515 |
| 2007 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,682 |
| 2006 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,290 |
| 2005 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,470 |
| 2003 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,330 |
| 2001 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,361 |
| 2000 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,815 |
| 1999 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,697 |
| 1998 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,592 |
| 1997 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,750 |
| 1996 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,574 |
| 1995 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,399 |
| 1994 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,786 |
| 1992 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,521 |
| 1991 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,162 |
| 1990 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,509 |
| 1989 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,862 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,340 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,930 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,335 |
| 1983 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,318 |
| 1981 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,143 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,110 |
| 1979 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,100 |
| 1978 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,396 |
| 1976 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,310 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,997 |
| 1974 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,269 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,675 |
| 1972 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,120 |
| 1971 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,550 |
| 1970 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,418 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,988 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,032 |
| 1967 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,468 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,570 |
| 1965 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,826 |
| 1964 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,019 |
| 1963 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,302 |
| 1962 | 15 | 5 | 20 | #3,296 |
| 1961 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1960 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,398 |
| 1959 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,631 |
| 1958 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,421 |
| 1943 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1941 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,423 |
| 1934 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,289 |
| 1932 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,903 |
| 1929 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,056 |
| 1927 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,561 |
| 1926 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,852 |
| 1924 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,396 |
| 1923 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,919 |
| 1922 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #3,379 |
| 1921 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,400 |
| 1919 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1918 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,870 |
| 1917 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,345 |
| 1916 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,920 |
| 1915 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,690 |
| 1914 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,189 |
| 1913 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,036 |
| 1912 | 6 | — | 6 | #2,636 |
| 1911 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,964 |
| 1909 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,961 |
| 1907 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,644 |
| 1905 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,303 |
| 1904 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,261 |
| 1903 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,796 |
| 1902 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,600 |
| 1901 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,016 |
| 1900 | 12 | — | 12 | #1,116 |
| 1899 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,401 |
| 1898 | 12 | — | 12 | #1,014 |
| 1897 | 12 | — | 12 | #934 |
| 1896 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,296 |
| 1895 | 11 | — | 11 | #995 |
| 1894 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,065 |
| 1893 | 11 | — | 11 | #908 |
| 1892 | 15 | — | 15 | #771 |
| 1891 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,215 |
| 1890 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,101 |
| 1889 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,155 |
| 1888 | 8 | — | 8 | #966 |
| 1887 | 8 | — | 8 | #872 |
| 1886 | 7 | — | 7 | #906 |
| 1884 | 9 | — | 9 | #744 |
| 1882 | 5 | — | 5 | #914 |
| 1881 | 7 | — | 7 | #696 |
| 1880 | 8 | — | 8 | #639 |