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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #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.

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 1928

girls
#588
143 births · 1 in 8,065 girls

Top girls' names in 1928

  1. #1Mary66,871
  2. #2Betty36,083
  3. #3Dorothy33,733
  4. #4Helen22,937
  5. #5Margaret20,295
  6. #6Ruth17,859
  7. #7Doris16,575
  8. #8Barbara14,872
  9. #9Virginia14,500
  10. #10Shirley14,215
  11. #588Dovie143
More about 1928

girls

1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 8,065 of them was named Dovie, which outranked 89.2% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dovie
  1. #583Pearline146
  2. #583Socorro146
  3. #587Carolina145
  4. #588Dovie143
  5. #588Juliette143
  6. #588Oleta143
  7. #588Thomas143
  8. #592Justine142
  9. #592Terry142
  10. #594Alvina141

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

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 2,165Jeanine#3,053#888
  2. 1,368Joline#2,256#888
  3. 1,101Lorelei#2,095#994
  4. 1,063Jeannine#1,384#321
  5. 859Romona#1,456#597
Fallers
  1. 860Valencia#924#1,784
  2. 547Kazuko#955#1,502
  3. 386Matilde#924#1,310
  4. 368Glendora#747#1,115
  5. 366Hilma#924#1,290

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

See the top 100 for 1928