Girls' name · since 1914
Dotsie
Dotsie has 118 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1927 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,291 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 118
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Dotsie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 118 have been recorded since 1914.
Dotsie has 118 recorded births among girls since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1952.
- #25,291 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 118 born since 1914
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dotsie ranks #25,291 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 118 born since 1914, peaking in the 1920s.
- #25,291 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 118
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Dotsie's 118 recorded births place it above 64.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dotsie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dotsie's full recorded timeline at 1929, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1914, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1927 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dotsie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1952
- Peak year (1927)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Dotsie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (46 births, 39% of the file).
1920s was Dotsie's strongest decade.
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Dotsie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
23 births
- 1920s
1920s
46 births
- 1930s
1930s
24 births
- 1940s
1940s
20 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 46 births (39% of all-time use).
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What to do with Dotsie's data
- Dotsie's decade-level peak was the 1920s (46 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dotsie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1927)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1914–1952 (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 Dotsie 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.