Dow Popularity by Year
Follow Dow across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Dow birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Boys | 5 | #12,086 | Down 614 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 5 | #11,472 | Down 578 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 5 | #10,894 | Down 3,478 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 8 | #7,416 | Up 1,452 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 5 | #8,868 | Down 2,052 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 7 | #6,816 | Up 606 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 6 | #7,422 | Down 481 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 6 | #6,941 | Up 10 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 5 | #6,951 | Down 636 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 5 | #6,315 | Down 1,816 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 8 | #4,499 | Up 1,763 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 5 | #6,262 | Down 2,194 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 9 | #4,068 | Up 89 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 8 | #4,157 | Up 966 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 6 | #5,123 | Down 188 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 6 | #4,935 | Down 881 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 7 | #4,054 | Down 91 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 7 | #3,963 | Down 817 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 10 | #3,146 | Up 375 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 8 | #3,521 | Down 972 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 12 | #2,549 | Down 104 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 12 | #2,445 | Up 166 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 10 | #2,611 | Down 284 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 12 | #2,327 | Up 149 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 11 | #2,476 | Down 166 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 13 | #2,310 | Down 518 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 20 | #1,792 | Down 246 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 26 | #1,546 | Up 330 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 19 | #1,876 | Up 334 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 14 | #2,210 | Down 545 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 23 | #1,665 | Up 361 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 16 | #2,026 | Up 164 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 14 | #2,190 | Up 171 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 12 | #2,361 | Up 197 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 10 | #2,558 | Down 732 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 18 | #1,826 | Up 273 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 14 | #2,099 | Down 295 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 18 | #1,804 | Down 30 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 18 | #1,774 | Up 664 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 10 | #2,438 | Down 618 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 17 | #1,820 | Up 506 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 11 | #2,326 | Down 75 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 12 | #2,251 | Down 221 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 13 | #2,030 | Down 104 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 13 | #1,926 | Up 707 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 8 | #2,633 | Down 647 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 14 | #1,986 | Down 187 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 16 | #1,799 | Up 408 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 11 | #2,207 | Up 115 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 10 | #2,322 | Down 163 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 11 | #2,159 | Down 418 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 16 | #1,741 | Up 591 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 10 | #2,332 | Down 460 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 14 | #1,872 | Up 157 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 13 | #2,029 | Down 246 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 16 | #1,783 | Up 46 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 15 | #1,829 | Up 362 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 12 | #2,191 | Down 498 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 18 | #1,693 | Down 49 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 20 | #1,644 | Up 452 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 14 | #2,096 | Down 48 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 15 | #2,048 | Down 401 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 22 | #1,647 | Up 334 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 16 | #1,981 | Down 46 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 17 | #1,935 | Down 96 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 19 | #1,839 | Up 102 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 17 | #1,941 | Down 350 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 23 | #1,591 | Up 785 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 13 | #2,376 | Down 491 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 18 | #1,885 | Down 261 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 21 | #1,624 | Down 28 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 22 | #1,596 | Up 219 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 17 | #1,815 | Down 221 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 20 | #1,594 | Up 284 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 15 | #1,878 | Down 10 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 12 | #1,868 | Down 192 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 11 | #1,676 | Up 369 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 7 | #2,045 | Down 305 places |
| 1911 | Boys | 5 | #1,740 | Down 797 places |
| 1901 | Boys | 6 | #943 | Down 15 places |
| 1899 | Boys | 6 | #928 | Down 184 places |
| 1898 | Boys | 9 | #744 | Up 43 places |
| 1897 | Boys | 8 | #787 | Up 292 places |
| 1895 | Boys | 5 | #1,079 | Down 429 places |
| 1893 | Boys | 10 | #650 | Up 17 places |
| 1890 | Boys | 9 | #667 | Up 211 places |
| 1889 | Boys | 6 | #878 | Up 43 places |
| 1887 | Boys | 5 | #921 | Down 244 places |
| 1883 | Boys | 8 | #677 | Up 77 places |
| 1882 | Boys | 7 | #754 | Up 155 places |
| 1880 | Boys | 5 | #909 | — |