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Doyal

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Doyal is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
192939 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1912
1,149people given the name
Babies named Doyal, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,149 boys have been named Doyal in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1929, with 39 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 39 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1937, and the 1930s alone account for 24%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Doyal
1910s104
1920s259
1930s277
1940s241
1950s155
1960s71
1970s20
1980s22

In 1929, its biggest year

Doyal was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1929 were Robert, James, John, William and Charles. See all of 1929.

Names that rose and fell with Doyal

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.