Dottie — #1406 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Dottie

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,836 babies named Dottie between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dottie currently holds the #1406 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1943, when 278 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dottie performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 2,265 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Dottie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 565 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by West Virginia and Kentucky. In total, SSA state-level files list Dottie in 32 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dottie 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 9,836 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.