Doy

Boy · recorded 1914–1987

  • 1987last recorded
  • 1933best year

Most popular in 1933.

Last recorded in 1987. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1914

0142719141932195119691987

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 60 recorded years as a table
Doy, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191420
191513
19167
191711
191810
191915
192015
192116
192215
192315
192419
192513
192619
192714
192816
192914
193015
193113
193217
193327
193415
193517
193614
193711
193812
193913
194016
194111
19429
194312
19445
19457
19466
19478
19485
19497
19507
19517
19529
19536
19555
19564
19575
19584
19595
19603
19614
19624
19635
19645
19654
19663
19674
19685
19693
19714
19725
19743
19793
19873

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Doy isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1987
5
Rank in 1987
#6,951
How rare
1 in 373,396 boys
Since 1914
731

Doy was last recorded in 1987. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1933, at 27 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Doy doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.