Dollie — #10242 US girls' name
19,224 babies named Dollie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 42% of names given to girls today.
20% of everyone ever named Dollie was born in this single decade.
454 babies were named Dollie in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dollie
The Social Security Administration has registered 19,224 babies named Dollie between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dollie currently holds the #10242 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 454 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dollie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 3,891 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Dollie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,405 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Dollie in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dollie 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 19,224 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.
Dollie at a glance
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Current rank
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Dollie popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1921)
- 454
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #10242 among girls.
19,224 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 454 births in a single year.
Dollie popularity over time — boys
61 total births recorded since 1900 (Dollie as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Dollie accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dollie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 3,891 births that decade — 20% of Dollie's all-time total
Dollie decade highlights
- Peak decade 3,891 births
- Runner-up 3,288 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Dollie's strongest decade
3,891 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
Dollie by state
Where Dollie concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,405 | 7.3% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 1,304 | 6.8% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 1,093 | 5.7% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 913 | 4.7% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 701 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Mississippi | | 658 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Arkansas | | 652 | 3.4% |
| #8 | Oklahoma | | 638 | 3.3% |
1,405 of 19,224 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.3% of nationwide
- Georgia 6.8% of nationwide
- North Carolina 5.7% of nationwide
- Alabama 4.7% of nationwide
- Tennessee 3.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 31 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Dollie appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1880–2024 (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.