Dov

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Dov: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Dov: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,363, and it stood at #1,951 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1363highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1998	#1642
1999	#2425
2000	#1552
2001	#2220
2003	#2189
2004	#3651
2005	#2754
2006	#1744
2007	#3095
2008	#2775
2009	#2126
2010	#3332
2011	#1600
2012	#2721
2013	#2403
2014	#2690
2015	#3373
2016	#2804
2017	#1812
2018	#1991
2019	#1506
2020	#2076
2021	#1595
2022	#1534
2023	#1363
2024	#1951

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1363 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1951 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Dov by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Dov in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	14	3 of 10	5
2000s	57	9 of 10	6
2010s	93	10 of 10	9
2020sbusiest	72	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Dov appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1363 in England and Wales in 2023.

Dov's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1951	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1363	19	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1534	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1595	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2076	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1506	16	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1991	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1812	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1600	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1744	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1552	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1642	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,363, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
22 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,951position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
19births registered in its largest year, 2023Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Benson · #1363, 27y
Mohid · #1363, 22y
Nicolo · #1363, 23y
Reeve · #1363, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Arion · #1363, 21y
Benson · #1363, 27y
Dennie · #1363, 20y
Nicolo · #1363, 23y

Dov and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Dov without appearing here.

Dov moved ahead of

Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3651 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1744 and #4052.
Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3373 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #2804 and #4810.
Jade Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3332 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2690 and #4632.
Morten Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2754 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1744 and #3385.

Moved ahead of Dov

Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1363 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #1132.
Rune Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1363 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #1460.
Isak Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1363 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #1517.
Arlo Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1552 and #2142 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #2220 and #1949.

Moved the opposite way to Dov

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Dov went from #2863 to #1363 while Garry went from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Dov went from #2863 to #1363 while Graeme went from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Dov went from #2863 to #1363 while Nicola went from #2863 to #4107.
Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Dov went from #2863 to #1534 while Brent went from #898 to #3449.

Moved the same way as Dov

Morten Compare
Between 2003 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Dov went from #2189 to #3373 and Morten from #2189 to #4747.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1363 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Dov

Dov at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dov by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Dov at a glance

Dov by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Dov and the names beside it

Dov moved ahead of

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