Dotsy — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dotsy

The Social Security Administration has registered 51 babies named Dotsy between 1924 and 1953, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dotsy currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1953. The name reached its historical peak in 1953, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dotsy performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Dotsy shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dotsy 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 51 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.