Recorded 1880–1948 Girls' name Peak 1905 537 births

Dillie — girls' name

537 babies named Dillie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1905. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1880s781890s1011900s721910s981920s1011930s511940s36
1890s
Peak decade

19% of everyone ever named Dillie was born in this single decade.

1905
Single peak year

18 babies were named Dillie in 1905 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Dillie

The Social Security Administration has registered 537 babies named Dillie between 1880 and 1948, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dillie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1948. The name reached its historical peak in 1905, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dillie performed strongest in the 1890s, accumulating 101 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Dillie shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dillie in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 537 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Dillie at a glance

Last recorded 1948

Total births

537

Since 1880

69 years of records

Peak year

1905

18 births that year

Strongest decade: 1890s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1948

Active since

1880

Recorded for 69 years

Last year on file: 1948

Dillie popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–1880

Last recorded 1948
Peak year (1905)
18
Annual births at peak — across 69 years of records
05101520 194819331925191719091899189118831880 7

Dillie by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1890s
Peak decade
1890s
101 births that decade — 19% of Dillie's all-time total
1880s781890s1011900s721910s981920s1011930s511940s36

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Dillie?
537 babies have been named Dillie since 1880. It was last recorded in 1948. The peak year was 1905 with 18 births.
When was Dillie most popular?
Dillie was most popular in the 1890s decade with 101 total births. The single peak year was 1905.
How long has the name Dillie been used?
Dillie has been recorded in Social Security data since 1880, spanning 69 years of data through 1948.
What names are similar to Dillie?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Dillon, Dilynn, Dilara, Dillan, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–1948 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.