Dollie

#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births · Last seen for boys in 1938 at #3,534
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1881 · 90 births
Debut · girls
69 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
19,237
since 1880

Dollie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Dollie has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201917peak #151, 1881girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#7,88513
2024#10,2719
2023#8,05513
2022#9,05611
2021#6,69117
2020#8,95311
2019#12,4487
2018#12,4647
2017#14,1246
2016
2015#16,4195
2014#16,5135
2013#11,9698
2012#12,1998
2011#13,3477
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003#15,7845
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998#8,58410
1997#9,0179
1996
1995#10,5147
1994
1993#8,7199
1992#7,51211
1991#5,94915
1990#6,86712
1989#7,44910
1988#5,59814
1987#5,92312
1986#5,45913
1985#4,12619
1984#4,16618
1983#3,24225
1982#3,64722
1981#2,98629
1980#2,80032
1979#3,90319
1978#3,77719
1977#3,17624
1976#2,72828
1975#2,35734
1974#2,25435
1973#2,22335
1972#2,05738
1971#2,17537
1970#1,90445
1969#1,89743
1968#1,99936
1967#1,64048
1966#1,66945
1965#1,37964
1964#1,31173
1963#1,52254
1962#1,25877
1961#1,19386
1960#1,073100
1959#1,066100
1958#981112
1957#924123
1956#903123
1955#916115
1954#812134
1953#752147
1952#674173
1951#728143
1950#652171
1949#650163
1948#603192
1947#609192
1946#545210
1945#529190
1944#478223
1943#513210
1942#488231
1941#484209
1940#457214
1939#427251
1938#432240#3,5345
1937#401258
1936#383275
1935#379279
1934#366297
1933#388277
1932#381294#3,3616
1931#380289
1930#339368
1929#360337
1928#367349
1927#344377
1926#357349
1925#324424#4,1975
1924#350380
1923#320410
1922#318416#4,3075
1921#305454#4,3225
1920#326395
1919#313404#4,1685
1918#314415#3,0968
1917#314386#3,9815
1916#299404
1915#304369#3,8255
1914#299306
1913#295258#2,4966
1912#273272
1911#277196
1910#229278
1909#252200
1908#255187
1907#232202
1906#235184
1905#221200
1904#219191
1903#218193
1902#226176
1901#219169
1900#218205#1,1626
1899#224148
1898#213181
1897#206176
1896#214167
1895#217157
1894#207166
1893#206152
1892#213144
1891#211125
1890#211130
1889#203130
1888#194133
1887#200103
1886#168136
1885#174110
1884#19193
1883#167100
1882#16199
1881#15190
1880#18069
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Dollie was already there! It came in at #180, and was given to 69 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1994, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Dollie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 2,386 spots since 2024 (#10,271#7,885)
  • 1,068 spots since 2020 (#8,953#7,885)
  • 8,534 spots since 2015 (#16,419#7,885)
  • Biggest jump: 54 spots in 1952 (#728#674)
  • Biggest drop: 104 spots in 1955 (#812#916)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #151 (90 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 85 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 79 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 79 yrs · run 1880–1958
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,022
  • Highest: 1 in 1,022 girls born in 1881 were named Dollie (0.10%)
  • Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 20.2% of all girls named Dollie (3,891) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,063#151 (1881)#179
1890s1,546#206 (1897)#212
1900s1,907#218 (1900)#230
1910s3,288#229 (1910)#292
1920s3,891#305 (1921)#337
1930s2,828#339 (1930)#388
1940s2,034#457 (1940)#536
1950s1,341#652 (1950)#841
1960s626#1,073 (1960)#1,494
1970s314#1,904 (1970)#2,655
1980s194#2,800 (1980)#4,540
1990s73#5,949 (1991)#8,166
2000s5#15,784 (2003)#15,784
2010s53#11,969 (2013)#13,685
2020s74#6,691 (2021)#8,485

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Dollie in 1917

girls
#314
386 births · 1 in 2,801 girls
boys
#3,981
5 births · 1 in 185,096 boys

Top girls' names in 1917

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261
  11. #314Dollie386

Top boys' names in 1917

  1. #1John51,852
  2. #2William42,422
  3. #3James37,337
  4. #4Robert35,220
  5. #5Joseph24,761
  6. #6George24,196
  7. #7Charles24,143
  8. #8Edward17,501
  9. #9Frank15,768
  10. #10Thomas12,611
  11. #3,981Dollie5
More about 1917

girls

1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 2,801 of them was named Dollie, which outranked 94.1% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dollie
  1. #310Tessie393
  2. #312Margery390
  3. #313Bette387
  4. #314Dollie386
  5. #315Alyce378
  6. #316Eliza377
  7. #317Avis371
Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 549Georgene#1,445#896
  2. 380Ottie#1,332#952
  3. 365Louis#1,298#933
  4. 334Valentine#1,298#964
  5. 322Harold#1,210#888
Fallers
  1. 401Ceola#840#1,241
  2. 373Floretta#964#1,337
  3. 344Buelah#993#1,337
  4. 326Glennie#915#1,241
  5. 290Maye#915#1,205

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 185,096 of them was named Dollie, which outranked 13.5% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dollie
  1. #3,545York6
  2. #3,545Zed6
  3. #3,545Zion6
  4. #3,981Dollie5
  5. #3,981Abbie5
  6. #3,981Abelardo5
  7. #3,981Abran5

Tied with 621 names at #3,981; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 520Nicolas#1,304#784
  2. 469Hezekiah#1,415#946
  3. 433Hilliard#1,415#982
  4. 404Rayford#1,304#900
  5. 338Minoru#1,335#997
Fallers
  1. 1,738Tatsuo#824#2,562
  2. 709Berlin#984#1,693
  3. 556Prentice#972#1,528
  4. 473Manning#964#1,437
  5. 457Lovell#939#1,396

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1917