Doc
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Doc is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “doctor”. In 2025 it ranked 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).
What does Doc mean?
English: English nickname, short for doctor
“doctor”
Famous bearers include the Old West gunfighter Doc Holliday, who was a trained dentist.
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Is Doc a girl's or a boy's name?
Doc is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Doc in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,948among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 63,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Doc, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 37 boys.
Half of all the boys named Doc in the US since 1880 were born between 1913 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Doc in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #3,948 |
| 2024 | 29 | #3,791 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 32 | #3,531 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
| 1942 | 9 | #2,522 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 14 | #1,872 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,638 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,470 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,292 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,316 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1926 | 20 | #1,720 |
| 1925 | 22 | #1,628 |
| 1924 | 19 | #1,839 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,613 |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,765 |
| 1921 | 18 | #1,903 |
| 1920 | 27 | #1,416 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,151 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,164 |
| 1917 | 20 | #1,642 |
| 1916 | 28 | #1,265 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,706 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,607 |
| 1913 | 23 | #1,049 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,352 |
| 1911 | 13 | #924 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,117 |
| 1909 | 12 | #840 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 10 | #865 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,003 |
| 1905 | 9 | #836 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 10 | #734 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1900 | 18 | #578 |
| 1899 | 9 | #714 |
| 1898 | 8 | #803 |
| 1897 | 9 | #725 |
| 1896 | 7 | #899 |
| 1895 | 9 | #738 |
| 1894 | 9 | #729 |
| 1893 | 7 | #836 |
| 1892 | 16 | #497 |
| 1891 | 7 | #765 |
| 1890 | 9 | #667 |
| 1889 | 13 | #525 |
| 1888 | 12 | #580 |
| 1887 | 10 | #583 |
| 1886 | 12 | #540 |
| 1885 | 12 | #547 |
| 1884 | 10 | #613 |
| 1883 | 18 | #412 |
| 1882 | 12 | #540 |
| 1881 | 13 | #487 |
| 1880 | 9 | #640 |
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