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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #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 1915

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedMOKentucky: #212 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,241 girlsKYWest Virginia: #298 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,114 girlsWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedKSArkansas: #176 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 774 girlsARTennessee: #202 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,128 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #304 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,634 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #167 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 700 girlsOKLouisiana: #307 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,870 girlsLAMississippi: #254 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,508 girlsMSAlabama: #243 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,455 girlsALGeorgia: #306 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,418 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedHITexas: #260 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 1,307 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Dovie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oklahoma#167 · 1 in 700
  2. Arkansas#176 · 1 in 774
  3. Tennessee#202 · 1 in 1,128
  4. Kentucky#212 · 1 in 1,241
  5. Alabama#243 · 1 in 1,455

Best ever in a state: #127 in Oklahoma, 1911.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oklahoma#167241 in 700
Arkansas#176201 in 774
Tennessee#202191 in 1,128
Kentucky#212191 in 1,241
Alabama#243161 in 1,455
Mississippi#254111 in 1,508
Texas#260331 in 1,307
West Virginia#29871 in 2,114
North Carolina#304111 in 2,634
Georgia#306121 in 2,418
Louisiana#30791 in 1,870
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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 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 1915

girls
#434
197 births · 1 in 4,994 girls

Top girls' names in 1915

  1. #1Mary58,187
  2. #2Helen30,866
  3. #3Dorothy25,154
  4. #4Margaret23,054
  5. #5Ruth21,878
  6. #6Mildred15,254
  7. #7Anna15,119
  8. #8Elizabeth14,103
  9. #9Frances12,786
  10. #10Evelyn11,595
  11. #434Dovie197
More about 1915

girls

983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 4,994 of them was named Dovie, which outranked 91.3% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dovie
  1. #431Agatha199
  2. #431Albina199
  3. #433Phoebe198
  4. #434Dovie197
  5. #434Georgie197
  6. #434Vada197
  7. #437Monica196
  8. #438Orpha195
  9. #438Robbie195

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

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 500Gerda#1,444#944
  2. 451Theda#1,034#583
  3. 441Dominga#1,385#944
  4. 354Vernon#1,344#990
  5. 308Loyce#1,147#839
Fallers
  1. 383Drusilla#956#1,339
  2. 342Rossie#798#1,140
  3. 335Arlie#855#1,190
  4. 329Orene#956#1,285
  5. 329Margot#988#1,317

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

See the top 100 for 1915