Girls' name · since 1880
Dillie
Dillie has 537 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1905 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,330 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 537
- born since 1880
- 1890s
- peak decade
Dillie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 537 have been recorded since 1880.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dillie has been recorded 537 times among girls since 1880, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1890s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 1948.
- #11,330 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 537 born since 1880
- 1890s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dillie ranks #11,330 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 537 born since 1880, peaking in the 1890s.
- #11,330 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 537
- born since 1880
- 1890s
- peak decade
Dillie's 537 recorded births place it above 84.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dillie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dillie's SSA record in two at 1912 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1883, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1905 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dillie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–1948
- Peak year (1905)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 69 years of records
Dillie by decade
1890s is the heaviest window (101 births, 19% of the file).
1890s was Dillie's strongest decade.
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Dillie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
78 births
- 1890s
1890s
101 births
- 1900s
1900s
72 births
- 1910s
1910s
98 births
- 1920s
1920s
101 births
- 1930s
1930s
51 births
- 1940s 36
1940s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 1890s at 101 births (19% of all-time use).
How Dillie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Dillie's total volume
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What to do with Dillie's data
- Dillie's usage has stayed within range of its 1890s decade-level peak (101 total births) through the 1940s (36) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dillie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1905)
Similar record span (~68 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–1948 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dillie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.