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
- Peak · girls
- 1891 · 96 births
- Debut · girls
- 30 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,076since 1880
Dovie over time
Rank among girls' names. Dovie has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,546 | 30 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,669 | 29 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,390 | 23 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,028 | 26 | — | |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | — | |
| 2020 | #7,559 | 14 | — | |
| 2019 | #6,414 | 18 | — | |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | — | |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 | — | |
| 2016 | #6,901 | 17 | — | |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | — | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | — | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | — | |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | — | |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | — | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | — | |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | — | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | — | |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | — | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | — | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | — | |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | — | |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 | — | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | — | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,853 | 20 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,543 | 17 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,311 | 19 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,199 | 18 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,963 | 18 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,308 | 27 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,293 | 27 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,947 | 37 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,981 | 35 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,708 | 44 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,580 | 51 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,432 | 24 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,794 | 38 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,679 | 41 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,728 | 39 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,931 | 31 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,641 | 39 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,481 | 46 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,358 | 51 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,420 | 47 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,396 | 45 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,375 | 44 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,236 | 54 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,209 | 56 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,106 | 65 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,032 | 67 | — | |
| 1945 | #941 | 66 | — | |
| 1944 | #964 | 65 | — | |
| 1943 | #902 | 74 | — | |
| 1942 | #968 | 65 | — | |
| 1941 | #911 | 65 | — | |
| 1940 | #752 | 85 | — | |
| 1939 | #790 | 75 | — | |
| 1938 | #764 | 83 | — | |
| 1937 | #746 | 83 | — | |
| 1936 | #733 | 82 | — | |
| 1935 | #688 | 94 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #621 | 114 | — | |
| 1933 | #575 | 124 | — | |
| 1932 | #580 | 128 | — | |
| 1931 | #609 | 118 | — | |
| 1930 | #583 | 137 | — | |
| 1929 | #666 | 110 | — | |
| 1928 | #588 | 143 | — | |
| 1927 | #588 | 144 | — | |
| 1926 | #581 | 149 | — | |
| 1925 | #599 | 146 | — | |
| 1924 | #574 | 162 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #524 | 181 | — | |
| 1922 | #509 | 187 | — | |
| 1921 | #488 | 201 | — | |
| 1920 | #494 | 194 | — | |
| 1919 | #462 | 206 | — | |
| 1918 | #487 | 194 | — | |
| 1917 | #414 | 235 | — | |
| 1916 | #484 | 175 | — | |
| 1915 | #434 | 197 | — | |
| 1914 | #392 | 182 | — | |
| 1913 | #392 | 153 | — | |
| 1912 | #346 | 175 | — | |
| 1911 | #360 | 122 | — | |
| 1910 | #365 | 115 | — | |
| 1909 | #337 | 114 | — | |
| 1908 | #307 | 132 | — | |
| 1907 | #304 | 133 | — | |
| 1906 | #294 | 125 | — | |
| 1905 | #278 | 141 | — | |
| 1904 | #277 | 129 | — | |
| 1903 | #273 | 129 | — | |
| 1902 | #302 | 109 | — | |
| 1901 | #309 | 94 | — | |
| 1900 | #263 | 154 | — | |
| 1899 | #321 | 87 | — | |
| 1898 | #271 | 124 | — | |
| 1897 | #298 | 95 | — | |
| 1896 | #312 | 86 | — | |
| 1895 | #298 | 93 | — | |
| 1894 | #271 | 104 | — | |
| 1893 | #307 | 79 | — | |
| 1892 | #284 | 89 | — | |
| 1891 | #247 | 96 | — | |
| 1890 | #269 | 86 | — | |
| 1889 | #307 | 62 | — | |
| 1888 | #296 | 63 | — | |
| 1887 | #290 | 54 | — | |
| 1886 | #290 | 50 | — | |
| 1885 | #317 | 41 | — | |
| 1884 | #260 | 56 | — | |
| 1883 | #278 | 40 | — | |
| 1882 | #317 | 31 | — | |
| 1881 | #283 | 31 | — | |
| 1880 | #282 | 30 | — | |
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.
See more about Dovie
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1891 at #247 (96 births)
- Births halved by 1950, 59 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 66 yrs · run 1880–1945
- 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%)
- 19.3% of all girls named Dovie (1,754) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 458 | #260 (1884) | #292 |
| 1890s | 939 | #247 (1891) | #288 |
| 1900s | 1,260 | #263 (1900) | #294 |
| 1910s | 1,754 | #346 (1912) | #414 |
| 1920s | 1,617 | #488 (1921) | #561 |
| 1930s | 1,038 | #575 (1933) | #669 |
| 1940s | 662 | #752 (1940) | #1,002 |
| 1950s | 421 | #1,358 (1953) | #1,580 |
| 1960s | 298 | #1,580 (1961) | #2,358 |
| 1970s | 151 | #3,311 (1970) | #4,196 |
| 1980s | 105 | #3,853 (1980) | #6,405 |
| 1990s | 83 | #6,465 (1990) | #10,233 |
| 2000s | 57 | #9,163 (2000) | #11,847 |
| 2010s | 101 | #6,414 (2019) | #10,863 |
| 2020s | 132 | #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 1924
Top girls' names in 1924
Top boys' names in 1924
More about 1924
girls
1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 7,709 of them was named Dovie, which outranked 90.3% of the 5,900 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 226,548 of them was named Dovie, which outranked 12.5% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 623 names at #4,347; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.