Girls' name · since 1880
Dollie
Dollie has 19,237 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1921 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,096 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,885 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 19,237
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Yes -- Dollie is the #7885 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 19,237 recorded since 1880.
Dollie has 19,237 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7885 as of the latest data, more common than 54% of girls, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #1,096 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,885 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 19,237 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dollie ranks #1,096 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,885 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 19,237 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #1,096 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,885 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 19,237
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Dollie's 19,237 recorded births place it above 98.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
31 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Dollie compares
19,237 Top 7% higher than 93% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Dollie's all-time total is 51x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dollie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 19,237 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 454 | 21 | 19,840 |
Dollie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dollie splits its recorded history at 1946: 18% of all births land in the more recent half, 82% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2003 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1921 peak of 454 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dollie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1921)
- 454
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Dollie popularity over time - boys
61 total births recorded since 1900 (Dollie as boys' name)
Dollie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (3,891 births, 20% of the file).
1920s was Dollie's strongest decade.
3,891 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Dollie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 1,063
1880s
1,063 births
- 1890s 1,546
1890s
1,546 births
- 1900s
1900s
1,907 births
- 1910s
1910s
3,288 births
- 1920s
1920s
3,891 births
- 1930s
1930s
2,828 births
- 1940s
1940s
2,034 births
- 1950s 1,341
1950s
1,341 births
- 1960s 626
1960s
626 births
- 1970s 314
1970s
314 births
- 1980s 194
1980s
194 births
- 1990s 73
1990s
73 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 53
2010s
53 births
- 2020s 74
2020s
74 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 3,891 births (20% of all-time use).
How Dollie 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 Dollie's total volume
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 19,237 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Dollie appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Dollie's data
- Dollie's decade-level peak was the 1920s (3,891 total births); usage has since declined to 74 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Dollies (1,405 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dollie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Dollie 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.