Dovie

#4,546 for girls in 2025, 30 births · Last seen for boys in 1935 at #3,645
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1891 · 96 births
Debut · girls
30 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
9,076
since 1880

Dovie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Dovie has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201900peak #247, 1891girls
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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#4,54630—
2024#4,66929—
2023#5,39023—
2022#5,02826—
2021#9,56210—
2020#7,55914—
2019#6,41418—
2018#12,4647—
2017#9,34111—
2016#6,90117—
2015#11,8358—
2014#10,9559—
2013#13,1507—
2012#14,9626—
2011#12,1538—
2010#10,45110—
2009#12,4298—
2008#13,8327—
2007#10,81810—
2006——
2005#13,0107—
2004#11,6248—
2003——
2002——
2001#12,0567—
2000#9,16310—
1999#14,4115—
1998#12,4266—
1997#13,7245—
1996#13,5185—
1995#8,07910—
1994#6,67213—
1993#9,5598—
1992#9,4918—
1991#7,98710—
1990#6,46513—
1989#12,3625—
1988——
1987#6,33511—
1986#5,75712—
1985#6,03111—
1984#6,8109—
1983#6,21210—
1982#4,71615—
1981#5,57112—
1980#3,85320—
1979#5,42712—
1978#4,93113—
1977#4,23516—
1976#4,15415—
1975#4,14115—
1974#4,45913—
1973#3,97115—
1972#3,54317—
1971#3,78916—
1970#3,31119—
1969#3,19918—
1968#3,16917—
1967#2,96318—
1966#2,30827—
1965#2,29327—
1964#1,94737—
1963#1,98135—
1962#1,70844—
1961#1,58051—
1960#2,43224—
1959#1,79438—
1958#1,67941—
1957#1,72839—
1956#1,93131—
1955#1,64139—
1954#1,48146—
1953#1,35851—
1952#1,42047—
1951#1,39645—
1950#1,37544—
1949#1,23654—
1948#1,20956—
1947#1,10665—
1946#1,03267—
1945#94166—
1944#96465—
1943#90274—
1942#96865—
1941#91165—
1940#75285—
1939#79075—
1938#76483—
1937#74683—
1936#73382—
1935#68894#3,6455
1934#621114—
1933#575124—
1932#580128—
1931#609118—
1930#583137—
1929#666110—
1928#588143—
1927#588144—
1926#581149—
1925#599146—
1924#574162#4,3475
1923#524181—
1922#509187—
1921#488201—
1920#494194—
1919#462206—
1918#487194—
1917#414235—
1916#484175—
1915#434197—
1914#392182—
1913#392153—
1912#346175—
1911#360122—
1910#365115—
1909#337114—
1908#307132—
1907#304133—
1906#294125—
1905#278141—
1904#277129—
1903#273129—
1902#302109—
1901#30994—
1900#263154—
1899#32187—
1898#271124—
1897#29895—
1896#31286—
1895#29893—
1894#271104—
1893#30779—
1892#28489—
1891#24796—
1890#26986—
1889#30762—
1888#29663—
1887#29054—
1886#29050—
1885#31741—
1884#26056—
1883#27840—
1882#31731—
1881#28331—
1880#28230—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Dovie was already there! It came in at #282, and was given to 30 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1988–1989, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Dovie is popular in 1900

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Dovie
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 123 spots since 2024 (#4,669 → #4,546)
  • 3,013 spots since 2020 (#7,559 → #4,546)
  • 7,289 spots since 2015 (#11,835 → #4,546)
  • Biggest jump: 83 spots in 1930 (#666 → #583)
  • Biggest drop: 159 spots in 1941 (#752 → #911)
Rise & fade · girls
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1891 at #247 (96 births)
  • Births halved by 1950, 59 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 66 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 66 yrs · run 1880–1945
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,932
  • Highest: 1 in 1,932 girls born in 1891 were named Dovie (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 53,576 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 19.3% of all girls named Dovie (1,754) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s458#260 (1884)#292
1890s939#247 (1891)#288
1900s1,260#263 (1900)#294
1910s1,754#346 (1912)#414
1920s1,617#488 (1921)#561
1930s1,038#575 (1933)#669
1940s662#752 (1940)#1,002
1950s421#1,358 (1953)#1,580
1960s298#1,580 (1961)#2,358
1970s151#3,311 (1970)#4,196
1980s105#3,853 (1980)#6,405
1990s83#6,465 (1990)#10,233
2000s57#9,163 (2000)#11,847
2010s101#6,414 (2019)#10,863
2020s132#4,546 (2025)#6,126

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.

Dovie in 1900

girls
#263
154 births · 1 in 1,947 girls

Top girls' names in 1900

  1. #1Mary16,705
  2. #2Helen6,342
  3. #3Anna6,114
  4. #4Margaret5,304
  5. #5Ruth4,765
  6. #6Elizabeth4,096
  7. #7Florence3,920
  8. #8Ethel3,896
  9. #9Marie3,856
  10. #10Lillian3,414
  11. #263Dovie154
More about 1900

girls

299,784 girls got a published name in 1900; 1 in 1,947 of them was named Dovie, which outranked 88.2% of the 2,223 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dovie
  1. #259Neva157
  2. #259Sue157
  3. #262Claire156
  4. #263Dovie154
  5. #263Lilly154
  6. #265Lenora153
  7. #266Rhoda151
  8. #267Harriett150

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1899
Risers
  1. ↑ 940Rosia#1,596 → #656
  2. ↑ 763Josiephine#1,596 → #833
  3. ↑ 763Lelar#1,596 → #833
  4. ↑ 736Carmel#1,596 → #860
  5. ↑ 722Gloria#1,278 → #556
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,204Irva#728 → #1,932
  2. ↓ 1,026Dellie#906 → #1,932
  3. ↓ 1,026Marybelle#906 → #1,932
  4. ↓ 949Sada#983 → #1,932
  5. ↓ 949Sidonia#983 → #1,932

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

See the top 100 for 1900 →