boys:
3.4k births since 1949
#2155 (53rd percentile)
overall:
3.4k births since 1949
#4717 (39th percentile)
The name Dov is the #4,717 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,358 recorded births since 1949. This represents the 39.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 39.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,155 (53.0% percentile) for all time with 3,358 births since 1949.
Dov first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1949 (first recorded for boys in 1949). Birth data for Dov is available in 73 out of the 75 years between 1949 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Dov reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 16.7% percentile (ranked #770) with 85 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 85 births per million (ranked 16.7% percentile). Despite a peak around 1996, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Dov is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #765 (16.0% percentile) with 82 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dov".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Dov. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 42.9% confident that Dov is pronounced as dahv, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is dohv, at 24.5% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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