Doyal

Boy · recorded 1912–1989

  • 1989last recorded
  • 1929best year

Most popular in 1929.

Last recorded in 1989. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1912

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 63 recorded years as a table
Doyal, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191212
191312
191412
191518
191626
191717
191817
191914
192025
192120
192228
192326
192418
192517
192625
192719
192821
192936
193034
193132
193222
193326
193425
193530
193628
193722
193826
193918
194023
194126
194214
194326
194415
194511
194613
194716
194811
194912
195010
19517
195210
19539
19548
19556
19567
19578
19588
19595
19603
19617
19624
19632
19646
19667
19673
19683
19704
19725
19733
19804
19853
19873
19892

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Doyal isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1989
5
Rank in 1989
#7,905
How rare
1 in 400,185 boys
Since 1912
1,149

Doyal was last recorded in 1989. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1929, at 36 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Doyal doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.