Dottie

#1,382 for girls in 2025, 158 births

Peak · girls
1944 · 275 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
9,998
since 1881

Dottie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Dottie has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201966peak #434, 1944girls
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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
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#1,382158
2024#1,398160
2023#1,482147
2022#1,621130
2021#2,02495
2020#2,30277
2019#2,65165
2018#2,84159
2017#3,76940
2016#4,08336
2015#3,76740
2014#3,92538
2013#4,42232
2012#6,34120
2011#9,15012
2010#9,79011
2009#7,34117
2008#8,96513
2007#12,6768
2006#12,4208
2005
2004#14,1796
2003#15,7845
2002
2001#12,0567
2000
1999#12,6886
1998#14,1225
1997#13,7245
1996#13,5185
1995#8,07910
1994#8,8049
1993#13,4425
1992#9,4918
1991#11,5096
1990#9,2478
1989#8,0379
1988#5,06516
1987#5,31214
1986#4,72416
1985#3,62123
1984#2,67734
1983#3,34024
1982#3,53023
1981#3,43624
1980#2,21845
1979#2,21844
1978#2,05046
1977#2,16243
1976#2,09941
1975#2,06042
1974#1,99942
1973#1,64755
1972#1,62755
1971#1,66555
1970#1,44471
1969#1,46564
1968#1,40664
1967#1,20478
1966#1,25174
1965#1,18782
1964#912131
1963#973119
1962#902137
1961#758188
1960#751185
1959#781171
1958#675215
1957#702201
1956#731175
1955#787150
1954#775146
1953#724157
1952#687170
1951#690161
1950#675158
1949#692148
1948#587202
1947#560232
1946#498245
1945#463240
1944#434275
1943#447278
1942#481235
1941#481212
1940#485198
1939#591128
1938#584139
1937#577136
1936#567133
1935#582123
1934#572127
1933#645104
1932#565133
1931#69792
1930#71095
1929#670109
1928#692102
1927#655121
1926#80481
1925#92365
1924#99259
1923#90765
1922#80881
1921#93563
1920#88567
1919#83569
1918#90063
1917#97851
1916#94053
1915#1,05540
1914#1,38521
1913#1,06726
1912#90331
1911#79030
1910#1,11016
1909#89021
1908#69831
1907#99015
1906#79321
1905#60933
1904#1,2519
1903#89615
1902#64227
1901#74719
1900#78022
1899#61625
1898#66624
1897#64423
1896#70720
1895#54729
1894#90512
1893#71317
1892#72616
1891#69515
1890#54823
1889#83910
1888#63616
1887#58615
1886#65712
1885#69510
1884#7319
1883#9205
1882#59610
1881#6797
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 1966

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,494 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 25,625 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedMOKentucky: #429 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,138 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedWVVirginia: #582 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,855 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedARTennessee: #537 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,066 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedLAMississippi: #500 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,900 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Dottie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kentucky#429 · 1 in 4,138
  2. Mississippi#500 · 1 in 3,900
  3. Tennessee#537 · 1 in 6,066
  4. Virginia#582 · 1 in 6,855
  5. California#1,494 · 1 in 25,625

Best ever in a state: #77 in West Virginia, 1945.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kentucky#42961 in 4,138
Mississippi#50051 in 3,900
Tennessee#53751 in 6,066
Virginia#58251 in 6,855
California#1,49461 in 25,625
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Texas
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Wyoming

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.

See more about Dottie
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s94#586 (1887)#704
1890s204#547 (1895)#677
1900s213#609 (1905)#830
1910s400#790 (1911)#996
1920s813#655 (1927)#827
1930s1,210#565 (1932)#609
1940s2,265#434 (1944)#513
1950s1,704#675 (1958)#723
1960s1,122#751 (1960)#1,081
1970s494#1,444 (1970)#1,897
1980s228#2,218 (1980)#4,196
1990s67#8,079 (1995)#11,462
2000s64#7,341 (2009)#11,917
2010s353#2,651 (2019)#5,074
2020s767#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 1966

girls
#1,251
74 births · 1 in 22,867 girls

Top girls' names in 1966

  1. #1Lisa56,918
  2. #2Kimberly32,232
  3. #3Mary28,890
  4. #4Michelle27,159
  5. #5Karen25,450
  6. #6Susan23,776
  7. #7Patricia20,112
  8. #8Tammy18,621
  9. #9Angela18,532
  10. #10Jennifer18,215
  11. #1,251Dottie74
More about 1966

girls

1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 22,867 of them was named Dottie, which outranked 83.6% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dottie
  1. #1,241Marita75
  2. #1,241Ofelia75
  3. #1,241Rowena75
  4. #1,251Dottie74
  5. #1,251Becki74
  6. #1,251Damaris74
  7. #1,251Felice74
  8. #1,262Cami73
  9. #1,262Earnestine73
  10. #1,262Jewell73

Tied with 10 names at #1,251; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. 6,121Tabatha#6,539#418
  2. 1,469Tabitha#1,993#524
  3. 1,325Joell#2,247#922
  4. 1,047Tatia#1,715#668
  5. 969Nichole#1,829#860
Fallers
  1. 398Barb#815#1,213
  2. 310Jewell#952#1,262
  3. 288Roxie#944#1,232
  4. 284Aretha#818#1,102
  5. 280Kecia#392#672

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

See the top 100 for 1966