Dot — #11087 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Dot

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,359 babies named Dot between 1883 and 2024, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dot currently holds the #11087 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1935, when 46 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dot performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 363 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Dot shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 79 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Dot in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dot 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 1,359 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.