Meaning and history
This name comes from the English word for the bird, which is widely seen as a symbol of peace.
20062006: 12 births, rank #9,286
2007: 8 births, rank #12,676
2008: 5 births, rank #17,504
2009: 5 births, rank #17,294
2010: no US SSA record for this spelling
20112011: 8 births, rank #12,153
2012: 9 births, rank #11,257
2013: 16 births, rank #7,372
2014: 20 births, rank #6,207
2015: 17 births, rank #6,977
20162016: 20 births, rank #6,186
2017: 27 births, rank #4,922
2018: 26 births, rank #5,007
2019: 30 births, rank #4,546
2020: 51 births, rank #3,091
20212021: 75 births, rank #2,384
2022: 87 births, rank #2,174
2023: 89 births, rank #2,142
2024: 128 births, rank #1,622
20252025: 144 births, rank #1,484
Dove moved from #915 to #940 for girls between 1893 and 1897. Its highest annual birth count came in 1892, with 15 births.