UK boy's name
Dovydas
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2022. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Dovydas is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for Dovydas popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2022 in this profile. In that release it ranked #3048, with 6 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2012, with 27 births.
This profile covers 213 England and Wales registrations across 18 recorded years from 2005 to 2022. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NISRA Northern Ireland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 22% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 225 living people in the UK are called Dovydas. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2023 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Dovydas ranked #3048 for boys in England and Wales in 2022, with 6 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2012, when 27 boys were registered as Dovydas.
- • Dovydas ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #398 in 2014.
- • About 225 living people in the UK are estimated to have Dovydas as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#3048
2022
Births in 2022
6
Latest year
Peak year
2012
27 births
Estimated living
225
2026
Popularity
Dovydas over time
The chart below shows babies named Dovydas registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2005 to 2022. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Dovydas, the clearest high point is 2012. The latest England and Wales figure is 6 births in 2022, compared with 27 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Dovydas by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Dovydas was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #3457 | 15 | 3 |
| 2010s | #1855 | 148 | 10 |
| 2000s | #2040 | 50 | 5 |
Geography
Where Dovydas is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Dovydas. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Dovydas ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #398 in 2014.
Across the UK
Dovydas in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#398 in 2014
4 years of NISRA records, 13 total registered
Related
Names similar to Dovydas
- Daniel 120,900
- Dylan 60,836
- David 37,852
- Dominic 20,480
- Declan 11,657
- Dexter 11,627
- Danny 8,434
- Dean 5,329
- Dillon 4,113
- Douglas 3,773
- Dominik 3,494
- Damian 3,486
FAQ
Dovydas: questions and answers
How popular is the name Dovydas in the UK right now?
In 2022, Dovydas was ranked #3048 for boys in England and Wales, with 6 births registered.
When was Dovydas most popular?
The peak year on record was 2012, with 27 babies registered as Dovydas in England and Wales.
How many people are called Dovydas in the UK?
A total of 213 babies have been registered as Dovydas across the 18 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here and 13 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Dovydas most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Dovydas ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #398 in 2014. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.