Dollie
Dollie was given to 13 girls in 2025, #7,992 among girls’ names; 19,298 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,080 Americans named Dollie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (21% of everyone recorded); the median is 74 years old and half are between 64 and 83.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Dollie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Dollie?
#7,992 among girls’ names, 2025
Dollie rose from #17,179 in 2015 to #7,992 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 2.8 to 8.1 per million.
459 babies in 1921, the peak
Dollie peaked in 1921, when 459 babies were given it (454 girls, #306 among girls’ names). The 13 births of 2025 are 3% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,992 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,494 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,169 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,213 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,763 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 11 | #9,104 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,808 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,840 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,612 | under 0.01 |
| 2015 | 5 | #17,179 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (132)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | #17,262 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 8 | #12,308 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,536 | under 0.01 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,748 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 5 | #16,466 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,770 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,236 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,827 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,926 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,661 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 15 | #6,023 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,991 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,593 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,672 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 12 | #6,026 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,520 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,175 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 18 | #4,204 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 25 | #3,264 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,677 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 29 | #3,004 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 32 | #2,814 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 19 | #3,941 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,813 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 24 | #3,197 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 28 | #2,746 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 34 | #2,372 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 35 | #2,263 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 35 | #2,235 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 38 | #2,068 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 37 | #2,187 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 45 | #1,910 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 43 | #1,904 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 36 | #2,003 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 48 | #1,645 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 45 | #1,674 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 64 | #1,380 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 73 | #1,313 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 54 | #1,525 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 77 | #1,260 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 86 | #1,192 | 0.04 |
| 1960 | 100 | #1,074 | 0.05 |
| 1959 | 100 | #1,066 | 0.05 |
| 1958 | 112 | #981 | 0.06 |
| 1957 | 123 | #924 | 0.06 |
| 1956 | 123 | #903 | 0.06 |
| 1955 | 115 | #916 | 0.06 |
| 1954 | 134 | #813 | 0.07 |
| 1953 | 147 | #751 | 0.08 |
| 1952 | 173 | #673 | 0.09 |
| 1951 | 143 | #728 | 0.08 |
| 1950 | 171 | #653 | 0.10 |
| 1949 | 163 | #650 | 0.10 |
| 1948 | 192 | #602 | 0.11 |
| 1947 | 192 | #609 | 0.11 |
| 1946 | 210 | #545 | 0.13 |
| 1945 | 190 | #529 | 0.15 |
| 1944 | 223 | #478 | 0.17 |
| 1943 | 210 | #513 | 0.15 |
| 1942 | 231 | #488 | 0.17 |
| 1941 | 209 | #484 | 0.17 |
| 1940 | 214 | #458 | 0.19 |
| 1939 | 251 | #427 | 0.23 |
| 1938 | 240 | #432 | 0.22 |
| 1937 | 258 | #401 | 0.24 |
| 1936 | 275 | #383 | 0.26 |
| 1935 | 279 | #379 | 0.27 |
| 1934 | 297 | #366 | 0.28 |
| 1933 | 277 | #388 | 0.27 |
| 1932 | 294 | #381 | 0.28 |
| 1931 | 289 | #381 | 0.27 |
| 1930 | 368 | #340 | 0.33 |
| 1929 | 337 | #360 | 0.30 |
| 1928 | 349 | #367 | 0.30 |
| 1927 | 377 | #344 | 0.32 |
| 1926 | 349 | #358 | 0.29 |
| 1925 | 424 | #324 | 0.35 |
| 1924 | 380 | #351 | 0.30 |
| 1923 | 410 | #320 | 0.34 |
| 1922 | 416 | #318 | 0.35 |
| 1921 | 454 | #306 | 0.37 |
| 1920 | 395 | #326 | 0.33 |
| 1919 | 404 | #313 | 0.36 |
| 1918 | 415 | #314 | 0.36 |
| 1917 | 386 | #314 | 0.36 |
| 1916 | 404 | #299 | 0.39 |
| 1915 | 369 | #305 | 0.38 |
| 1914 | 306 | #300 | 0.40 |
| 1913 | 258 | #295 | 0.41 |
| 1912 | 272 | #273 | 0.49 |
| 1911 | 196 | #277 | 0.47 |
| 1910 | 278 | #230 | 0.70 |
| 1909 | 200 | #252 | 0.58 |
| 1908 | 187 | #256 | 0.56 |
| 1907 | 202 | #232 | 0.63 |
| 1906 | 184 | #236 | 0.62 |
| 1905 | 200 | #222 | 0.69 |
| 1904 | 191 | #219 | 0.69 |
| 1903 | 193 | #218 | 0.74 |
| 1902 | 176 | #226 | 0.67 |
| 1901 | 169 | #219 | 0.71 |
| 1900 | 205 | #218 | 0.68 |
| 1899 | 148 | #224 | 0.64 |
| 1898 | 181 | #213 | 0.70 |
| 1897 | 176 | #206 | 0.75 |
| 1896 | 167 | #214 | 0.70 |
| 1895 | 157 | #217 | 0.67 |
| 1894 | 166 | #207 | 0.74 |
| 1893 | 152 | #206 | 0.71 |
| 1892 | 144 | #213 | 0.68 |
| 1891 | 125 | #211 | 0.67 |
| 1890 | 130 | #212 | 0.68 |
| 1889 | 130 | #204 | 0.73 |
| 1888 | 133 | #194 | 0.74 |
| 1887 | 103 | #201 | 0.71 |
| 1886 | 136 | #168 | 0.94 |
| 1885 | 110 | #174 | 0.83 |
| 1884 | 93 | #191 | 0.72 |
| 1883 | 100 | #167 | 0.89 |
| 1882 | 99 | #161 | 0.92 |
| 1881 | 90 | #151 | 1.0 |
| 1880 | 69 | #180 | 0.76 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Dollie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Dollie has been given almost only to girls: 61 boys in 132 years of records.
Girls and boys named Dollie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Dollie, and how old are they?
4,080 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 21% of the 19,298 Americans ever recorded as Dollie. The median Dollie alive today is 74 years old; half are between 64 and 83.
The 2020 Census counted 4,004 people named Dollie (3,993 women and girls, 11 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,315 born in the U.S. The Census count is 25% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,280 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,870 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 537 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 209 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 39 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 111 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Dollie born?
The states with the most babies named Dollie are Texas, Georgia and North Carolina, with 31% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,405 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Georgia | 1,304 | not ranked | 2.8× |
| North Carolina | 1,093 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Alabama | 913 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| Tennessee | 701 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Mississippi | 658 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Arkansas | 652 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| Oklahoma | 638 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| West Virginia | 632 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| Kentucky | 610 | not ranked | 1.6× |
Where Dollie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Dollie is most over-represented in Georgia: since 1910 it was given 2.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Dollie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 40,191 babies since 1880, Dollie is the second most given (48% of them). In 2025 it was given to 13 of their 126 babies (10%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Dollie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Dollie and names like it
- Compare Dollie and DollyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sDollie peaked in 1921.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Dollie since 1910.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Dollie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Dollie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with DMost given first.