Girls' name · since 1896
Dollye
Dollye has 257 recorded births since 1896 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1925 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,331 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 257
- born since 1896
- 1920s
- peak decade
257 girls have been named Dollye since 1896, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dollye has been recorded 257 times among girls since 1896, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1896 to 1957.
- #17,331 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 257 born since 1896
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dollye ranks #17,331 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 257 born since 1896, peaking in the 1920s.
- #17,331 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 257
- born since 1896
- 1920s
- peak decade
Dollye's 257 recorded births place it above 75.99% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dollye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dollye splits its recorded history at 1927: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1899 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1925 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dollye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1896–1957
- Peak year (1925)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 62 years of records
Dollye by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (67 births, 26% of the file).
1920s was Dollye's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Dollye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 11
1890s
11 births
- 1900s 20
1900s
20 births
- 1910s
1910s
59 births
- 1920s
1920s
67 births
- 1930s
1930s
52 births
- 1940s 26
1940s
26 births
- 1950s 22
1950s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 67 births (26% of all-time use).
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What to do with Dollye's data
- Dollye's decade-level peak was the 1920s (67 total births); usage has since declined to 22 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dollye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1925)
Similar record span (~61 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, 1896–1957 (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 Dollye 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.