Doctor

boys:

379 births since 1880

#4207 (8th percentile)

overall:

379 births since 1880

#7360 (5th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Doctor".

1880 1951 18801951

Key Statistics

Total Births
379
Peak Births
17
Peak Year
1884
First Recorded
1880
Peak Percentile
3.3%
Current Percentile
0.2%
Peak Rank
#196
Current Rank
#607
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Doctor

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Doctor. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 87.0% confident that Doctor is pronounced as DAHK-ter. The next most likely pronunciation is DAWK-ter, at 13.0% confidence.

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DAHK-ter (2 syllables)
Verified
87.0% confidence
D AA1 K T ER0
DAWK-ter (2 syllables)
Verified
13.0% confidence
D AO1 K T ER0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Doctor. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Doctor, please vote using the thumbs up button.

DAH-kee-uh (3 syllables)
4 names 245 births
D AA1 K IY0 AH0
DAH-truh (2 syllables)
1 name 74 births
D AA1 T R AH0

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like D AA1 K T ER0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.