Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Dock

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Dock
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1920

Peak era

1920

Peak rank proxy

128

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19202024

Peak year

1920

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

5,383

Dock is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1920, when 128 boys were named Dock.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 5,383 Americans have been named Dock and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1920

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