Names / Boy names
Doctor
Current rank
—
outside the top 1,000
All-time peak
#551
in 1884
First recorded
1880
in U.S. data
Children named
379
since 1880
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #551 in 1884 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Doctor first appears in American naming records in 1880, where it reads as a boys' name. Its strongest year was 1884, at #551 nationally. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Roughly 379 people have been given the name to date — a true rarity.