Dottie
#1,382 for girls in 2025, 158 births
- Peak · girls
- 1944 · 275 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,998since 1881
Dottie over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Dottie has never cracked the top 400 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,382 | 158 |
| 2024 | #1,398 | 160 |
| 2023 | #1,482 | 147 |
| 2022 | #1,621 | 130 |
| 2021 | #2,024 | 95 |
| 2020 | #2,302 | 77 |
| 2019 | #2,651 | 65 |
| 2018 | #2,841 | 59 |
| 2017 | #3,769 | 40 |
| 2016 | #4,083 | 36 |
| 2015 | #3,767 | 40 |
| 2014 | #3,925 | 38 |
| 2013 | #4,422 | 32 |
| 2012 | #6,341 | 20 |
| 2011 | #9,150 | 12 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 |
| 2009 | #7,341 | 17 |
| 2008 | #8,965 | 13 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 |
| 1985 | #3,621 | 23 |
| 1984 | #2,677 | 34 |
| 1983 | #3,340 | 24 |
| 1982 | #3,530 | 23 |
| 1981 | #3,436 | 24 |
| 1980 | #2,218 | 45 |
| 1979 | #2,218 | 44 |
| 1978 | #2,050 | 46 |
| 1977 | #2,162 | 43 |
| 1976 | #2,099 | 41 |
| 1975 | #2,060 | 42 |
| 1974 | #1,999 | 42 |
| 1973 | #1,647 | 55 |
| 1972 | #1,627 | 55 |
| 1971 | #1,665 | 55 |
| 1970 | #1,444 | 71 |
| 1969 | #1,465 | 64 |
| 1968 | #1,406 | 64 |
| 1967 | #1,204 | 78 |
| 1966 | #1,251 | 74 |
| 1965 | #1,187 | 82 |
| 1964 | #912 | 131 |
| 1963 | #973 | 119 |
| 1962 | #902 | 137 |
| 1961 | #758 | 188 |
| 1960 | #751 | 185 |
| 1959 | #781 | 171 |
| 1958 | #675 | 215 |
| 1957 | #702 | 201 |
| 1956 | #731 | 175 |
| 1955 | #787 | 150 |
| 1954 | #775 | 146 |
| 1953 | #724 | 157 |
| 1952 | #687 | 170 |
| 1951 | #690 | 161 |
| 1950 | #675 | 158 |
| 1949 | #692 | 148 |
| 1948 | #587 | 202 |
| 1947 | #560 | 232 |
| 1946 | #498 | 245 |
| 1945 | #463 | 240 |
| 1944 | #434 | 275 |
| 1943 | #447 | 278 |
| 1942 | #481 | 235 |
| 1941 | #481 | 212 |
| 1940 | #485 | 198 |
| 1939 | #591 | 128 |
| 1938 | #584 | 139 |
| 1937 | #577 | 136 |
| 1936 | #567 | 133 |
| 1935 | #582 | 123 |
| 1934 | #572 | 127 |
| 1933 | #645 | 104 |
| 1932 | #565 | 133 |
| 1931 | #697 | 92 |
| 1930 | #710 | 95 |
| 1929 | #670 | 109 |
| 1928 | #692 | 102 |
| 1927 | #655 | 121 |
| 1926 | #804 | 81 |
| 1925 | #923 | 65 |
| 1924 | #992 | 59 |
| 1923 | #907 | 65 |
| 1922 | #808 | 81 |
| 1921 | #935 | 63 |
| 1920 | #885 | 67 |
| 1919 | #835 | 69 |
| 1918 | #900 | 63 |
| 1917 | #978 | 51 |
| 1916 | #940 | 53 |
| 1915 | #1,055 | 40 |
| 1914 | #1,385 | 21 |
| 1913 | #1,067 | 26 |
| 1912 | #903 | 31 |
| 1911 | #790 | 30 |
| 1910 | #1,110 | 16 |
| 1909 | #890 | 21 |
| 1908 | #698 | 31 |
| 1907 | #990 | 15 |
| 1906 | #793 | 21 |
| 1905 | #609 | 33 |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 |
| 1903 | #896 | 15 |
| 1902 | #642 | 27 |
| 1901 | #747 | 19 |
| 1900 | #780 | 22 |
| 1899 | #616 | 25 |
| 1898 | #666 | 24 |
| 1897 | #644 | 23 |
| 1896 | #707 | 20 |
| 1895 | #547 | 29 |
| 1894 | #905 | 12 |
| 1893 | #713 | 17 |
| 1892 | #726 | 16 |
| 1891 | #695 | 15 |
| 1890 | #548 | 23 |
| 1889 | #839 | 10 |
| 1888 | #636 | 16 |
| 1887 | #586 | 15 |
| 1886 | #657 | 12 |
| 1885 | #695 | 10 |
| 1884 | #731 | 9 |
| 1883 | #920 | 5 |
| 1882 | #596 | 10 |
| 1881 | #679 | 7 |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1881
The first year at least five girls were named Dottie! It came in at #679, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2000, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Dottie is popular in 1941
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- West Virginia#102 · 1 in 502
- Kentucky#219 · 1 in 1,431
- Maryland#231 · 1 in 1,841
- Virginia#303 · 1 in 2,897
- South Carolina#309 · 1 in 2,501
Best ever in a state: #77 in West Virginia, 1945.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #102 | 39 | 1 in 502 |
| Kentucky | #219 | 20 | 1 in 1,431 |
| Maryland | #231 | 8 | 1 in 1,841 |
| Virginia | #303 | 9 | 1 in 2,897 |
| South Carolina | #309 | 9 | 1 in 2,501 |
| Mississippi | #321 | 10 | 1 in 2,308 |
| Ohio | #342 | 13 | 1 in 4,397 |
| North Carolina | #368 | 10 | 1 in 3,901 |
| Florida | #371 | 5 | 1 in 3,236 |
| New Jersey | #391 | 5 | 1 in 5,834 |
| Tennessee | #402 | 6 | 1 in 4,899 |
| Louisiana | #411 | 7 | 1 in 3,531 |
| Pennsylvania | #444 | 11 | 1 in 7,142 |
| Missouri | #446 | 5 | 1 in 5,962 |
| Texas | #621 | 10 | 1 in 6,376 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Rising
- 16 spots since 2024 (#1,398 → #1,382)
- 920 spots since 2020 (#2,302 → #1,382)
- 2,385 spots since 2015 (#3,767 → #1,382)
- Biggest jump: 642 spots in 1905 (#1,251 → #609)
- Biggest drop: 355 spots in 1904 (#896 → #1,251)
Rise & fade · girls
63 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1944 at #434 (275 births)
- Births halved by 1962, 18 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 1916–1964
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,826
- Highest: 1 in 4,826 girls born in 1944 were named Dottie (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,173 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
- 22.7% of all girls named Dottie (2,265) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 94 | #586 (1887) | #704 |
| 1890s | 204 | #547 (1895) | #677 |
| 1900s | 213 | #609 (1905) | #830 |
| 1910s | 400 | #790 (1911) | #996 |
| 1920s | 813 | #655 (1927) | #827 |
| 1930s | 1,210 | #565 (1932) | #609 |
| 1940s | 2,265 | #434 (1944) | #513 |
| 1950s | 1,704 | #675 (1958) | #723 |
| 1960s | 1,122 | #751 (1960) | #1,081 |
| 1970s | 494 | #1,444 (1970) | #1,897 |
| 1980s | 228 | #2,218 (1980) | #4,196 |
| 1990s | 67 | #8,079 (1995) | #11,462 |
| 2000s | 64 | #7,341 (2009) | #11,917 |
| 2010s | 353 | #2,651 (2019) | #5,074 |
| 2020s | 767 | #1,382 (2025) | #1,702 |
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.
Dottie in 1941
girls
#481
212 births · 1 in 5,699 girls
Top girls' names in 1941
More about 1941
girls
1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 5,699 of them was named Dottie, which outranked 90.5% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Dottie
Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.