Recorded 1880–1954 Girls' name Peak 1916 799 births

Doshie — girls' name

799 babies named Doshie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1880s741890s1241900s1101910s1671920s1711930s961940s351950s22
1920s
Peak decade

21% of everyone ever named Doshie was born in this single decade.

1916
Single peak year

23 babies were named Doshie in 1916 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Doshie

The Social Security Administration has registered 799 babies named Doshie between 1880 and 1954, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Doshie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1954. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Doshie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 171 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Doshie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Doshie in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Doshie 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 799 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.

Doshie at a glance

Last recorded 1954

Total births

799

Since 1880

75 years of records

Peak year

1916

23 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1954

Active since

1880

Recorded for 75 years

Last year on file: 1954

Doshie popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–1880

Last recorded 1954
Peak year (1916)
23
Annual births at peak — across 75 years of records
0510152025 195419381929192019111902189318841880 7

Doshie by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
171 births that decade — 21% of Doshie's all-time total
1880s741890s1241900s1101910s1671920s1711930s961940s351950s22

Doshie by state

Where Doshie concentrates geographically — total births since 1880

Geographically diffuse
Top 5 states by recorded births for the name Doshie
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Kentucky
10 1.3%
#2 Texas
10 1.3%
#3 Alabama
7 0.9%
#4 Mississippi
6 0.8%
#5 North Carolina
5 0.6%
Kentucky share of Doshie's total US births 1.3%
Even split

10 of 799 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Doshie?
799 babies have been named Doshie since 1880. It was last recorded in 1954. The peak year was 1916 with 23 births.
When was Doshie most popular?
Doshie was most popular in the 1920s decade with 171 total births. The single peak year was 1916.
Where is Doshie most popular?
The top states for the name Doshie are Kentucky (10 births), Texas (10 births), Alabama (7 births).
How long has the name Doshie been used?
Doshie has been recorded in Social Security data since 1880, spanning 75 years of data through 1954.
What names are similar to Doshie?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Doshia, Dossie, Dosha, Dosia, and 1 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1880–1954 (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.