Dub

Boy · recorded 1917–1967

  • 1967last recorded
  • 1930best year

Most popular in 1930.

Last recorded in 1967. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Dub.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1917

03619171930194219551967

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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 21 recorded years as a table
Dub, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19175
19255
19265
19306
19335
19356
19434
19473
19483
19504
19524
19542
19553
19562
19575
19592
19603
19613
19622
19643
19673

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dub 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 1967
6
Rank in 1967
#3,559
How rare
1 in 290,635 boys
Since 1917
128

Dub was last recorded in 1967. 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 1930, at 6 per million boys born.

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

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