How Many People Are Named Dov?
people named Dov are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 97,792 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,623 babies named Dov in Social Security records from 1949 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
160 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "bear" in Hebrew.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Dov in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dov alive today is about 20 years old, and 75% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 29 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dov first appears in the records in 1949 and was given most often in 2022, to 160 babies. In 2025, 123 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1949 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Dov has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,230, in 2022. In 2025 it ranked #1,453.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,453 |
| Best rank | #1,230 (2022) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,514 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dov alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dov were born in New York than in any other state: about 1,999 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dov was given 11 times as often in New York and 9.4 times in New Jersey.
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