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How popular is the name Dove?
Births per year, rank history and how many Doves are alive today.
Dove (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 2138th in 2025 and given to 13 babies. The name peaked in 2024, when 14 babies were given the name, the 2001st most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
The Dove you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Doves born in England and Wales are between 2 and 7, and there are at least 89 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Dove - on average, only one in every 3,540 such rooms contains a Dove.
How many babies are named Dove each year?
Where does Dove rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Dove most popular?
Dove peaked in 2024, when 14 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Dove?
At least 89 people named Dove born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Dove?
Most living Doves are between 2 and 7; the most common age is about 2.
Is Dove becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.