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Dodge

Gender
Boy
Say it
DOJ
Origin
English
US rank, 2025
#8,239 for boys

Dodge is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).

What does Dodge mean?

English: English surname from Dodge, a medieval pet form of Roger

An English surname from Dodge, a medieval pet form of Roger; also the name of an American car brand.

Is Dodge a girl's or a boy's name?

Dodge is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Dodge in the US?

Rank in 2025
8,239th among boys
Babies in 2025
9 about 1 in 190,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 22% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Dodge, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 37 boys. It first appears in the records in 1937.

2025 had fewer boys named Dodge than any year since 1995.

Half of all the boys named Dodge in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

1937Busiest: 37 in 20102025
Dodge in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20259#8,239
202420#4,886
202316#5,661
202228#3,876
202114#6,027
202024#4,137
201919#4,947
201815#5,766
201731#3,514
201624#4,198
201531#3,512
201430#3,530
201332#3,337
201229#3,622
201133#3,305
201037#3,071
200928#3,719
200824#4,142
200715#5,658
200619#4,671
200515#5,273
200423#3,855
200323#3,727
200217#4,496
200114#5,135
200017#4,383
199915#4,531
199812#5,153
199712#4,954
199614#4,390
19950–
199414#4,284
19937#6,809
19920–
19915#8,228
19905#8,108
19890–
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19875#6,945
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19375#3,516

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Dodge: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dodge, updated 20 October 2026.