Girls' name · since 1883
Dot
Dot has 1,370 recorded births since 1883 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1935 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,061 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,869 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,370
- born since 1883
- 1930s
- peak decade
Yes -- Dot is the #8869 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,370 recorded since 1883.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dot has been recorded 1,370 times among girls since 1883, currently ranked #8869 nationally and more common than 49% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1930s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1883 to 2025.
- #6,061 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,869 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,370 born since 1883
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dot ranks #6,061 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,869 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,370 born since 1883, peaking in the 1930s.
- #6,061 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,869 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,370
- born since 1883
- 1930s
- peak decade
Dot's 1,370 recorded births place it above 91.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Alabama.
How Dot compares
1,370 Top 27% higher than 73% 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
Dot's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dot | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,370 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 46 | 21 | 19,840 |
Dot's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dot's SSA record in two at 1930 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1886, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1935 peak of 46, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dot popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1883–2025
- Peak year (1935)
- 46
- Annual births at peak, across 143 years of records
Dot popularity over time - boys
22 total births recorded since 1916 (Dot as boys' name)
Dot by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (363 births, 26% of the file).
1930s was Dot's strongest decade.
363 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Dot births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 39
1880s
39 births
- 1890s 60
1890s
60 births
- 1900s 73
1900s
73 births
- 1910s 128
1910s
128 births
- 1920s
1920s
321 births
- 1930s
1930s
363 births
- 1940s
1940s
189 births
- 1950s 86
1950s
86 births
- 1960s 50
1960s
50 births
- 2010s 15
2010s
15 births
- 2020s 46
2020s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 363 births (26% of all-time use).
How Dot 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 Dot's total volume
Dot by state
Where Dot concentrates geographically, total births since 1883
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 79 | 5.8% |
| #2 | Mississippi | | 43 | 3.1% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 14 | 1.0% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 11 | 0.8% |
| #5 | South Carolina | | 10 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Texas | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.4% |
79 of 1,370 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Dot's data
- Dot's decade-level peak was the 1930s (363 total births); usage has since declined to 46 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Alabama records the most Dots (79 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Alabama names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Names with a similar popularity rank to Dot
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dot: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1935)
Similar record span (~142 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, 1883–2025 (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 Dot 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.