Dottie
Dottie is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 158 births. Its best rank was 434th, in 1944.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1580.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1943278 births
- Best rank
- #434in 1944
- Since 1881
- 9,836people given the name
The story in the numbers
9,836 girls have been named Dottie in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1943, with 278 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1948, and the 1940s alone account for 23%. It has spent 79 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Dottie | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 94 | |
| 1890s | 204 | |
| 1900s | 213 | |
| 1910s | 400 | |
| 1920s | 813 | |
| 1930s | 1,210 | |
| 1940s | 2,265 | |
| 1950s | 1,704 | |
| 1960s | 1,122 | |
| 1970s | 494 | |
| 1980s | 228 | |
| 1990s | 67 | |
| 2000s | 64 | |
| 2010s | 352 | |
| 2020s | 606 |
In 1943, its biggest year
Dottie was the 447th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1943 were Mary, Barbara, Patricia, Linda and Carol. See all of 1943.
Names that rose and fell with Dottie
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Nitapeak 1956
- Lorettapeak 1938
- Myrapeak 1958
- Sallypeak 1947
- Pollypeak 1964
- Jonniepeak 1947
- Janepeak 1947
- Donapeak 1954
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.