Unisex name · since 1914
Dosie
28 babies named Dosie in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1914. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #41,694 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
28 girls have been named Dosie since 1914, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Dosie recorded 28 times among girls since 1914, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1928.
- #41,694 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 28 born since 1914
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dosie ranks #41,694 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 28 born since 1914, peaking in the 1920s.
- #41,694 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Dosie's 28 recorded births place it above 41.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dosie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dosie's SSA record in two at 1924 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1928, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1914 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dosie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1928
- Peak year (1914)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Dosie popularity over time - boys
12 total births recorded since 1920 (Dosie as boys' name)
Dosie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (20 births, 71% of the file).
1920s was Dosie's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Dosie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
8 births
- 1920s
1920s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 20 births (71% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dosie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1914)
Similar record span (~14 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, 1914–1928 (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 Dosie 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.