Dossie
Last seen for girls in 1960 at #6,390 · Last seen for boys in 1972 at #4,441
Given to girls 54.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 6 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 568since 1881
Dossie over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
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| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
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| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | — | #3,619 | 6 | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | #3,535 | 6 | |
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | #3,176 | 7 | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,364 | 6 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,681 | 5 | |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | — | |
| 1948 | — | #2,788 | 8 | |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #2,271 | 11 |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | #3,109 | 6 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,563 | 9 | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 | #2,491 | 9 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | #2,680 | 8 |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | #2,452 | 9 |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #2,540 | 11 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1931 | #2,105 | 15 | #2,328 | 11 |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 | #1,964 | 15 |
| 1929 | #2,301 | 14 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | #2,381 | 14 | #2,387 | 12 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #1,871 | 18 |
| 1926 | #2,474 | 14 | #2,725 | 10 |
| 1925 | #2,018 | 19 | #2,435 | 12 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1923 | #2,587 | 13 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #1,957 | 20 | #2,486 | 12 |
| 1921 | #2,633 | 13 | #2,376 | 13 |
| 1920 | #2,172 | 17 | #2,231 | 14 |
| 1919 | #1,921 | 19 | #2,385 | 12 |
| 1918 | #2,102 | 17 | #2,165 | 14 |
| 1917 | #1,847 | 19 | #2,188 | 13 |
| 1916 | #2,028 | 16 | #2,259 | 12 |
| 1915 | #1,622 | 21 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #1,818 | 14 | #2,101 | 10 |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 | #1,885 | 8 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | #1,521 | 10 | — | |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #1,093 | 12 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,092 | 11 | — | |
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | #982 | 6 |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,237 | 7 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,277 | 6 | — | |
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,036 | 7 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 | — | |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | #740 | 6 | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1881
The first year at least five girls were named Dossie! It came in at #740, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1884, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Dossie
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1960
- Biggest drop: 187 spots in 1886 (#921 → #1,108)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1881 at #740 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1881–1885
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,325
- Highest: 1 in 15,325 girls born in 1881 were named Dossie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 404,388 girls born in 1960 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 25.4% of all girls named Dossie (144) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1972
- Mostly girls until 1971, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 31 | #740 (1881) | #966 |
| 1890s | 34 | #1,237 (1894) | #1,464 |
| 1900s | 64 | #1,092 (1904) | #1,512 |
| 1910s | 143 | #1,521 (1910) | #1,881 |
| 1920s | 144 | #1,957 (1922) | #2,472 |
| 1930s | 96 | #2,105 (1931) | #2,969 |
| 1940s | 46 | #2,668 (1941) | #3,862 |
| 1950s | 5 | #5,673 (1953) | #5,673 |
| 1960s | 5 | #6,390 (1960) | #6,390 |
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.
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