Girls' name · since 1881
Dottie
Dottie has 9,998 recorded births since 1881 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1943 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,668 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,383 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 9,998
- born since 1881
- 1940s
- peak decade
Dottie currently ranks #1383 among girls' names in America, with 9,998 babies recorded since 1881.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dottie has been recorded 9,998 times among girls since 1881, currently ranked #1383 nationally and more common than 92% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1881 to 2025.
- #1,668 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,383 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 9,998 born since 1881
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dottie ranks #1,668 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,383 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 9,998 born since 1881, peaking in the 1940s.
- #1,668 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,383 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 9,998
- born since 1881
- 1940s
- peak decade
Dottie's 9,998 recorded births place it above 97.69% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
32 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Dottie compares
9,998 Top 10% higher than 90% 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
Dottie's all-time total is 27x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dottie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 9,998 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 278 | 21 | 19,840 |
Dottie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dottie splits its recorded history at 1952: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1883 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1943 peak of 278 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dottie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1881–2025
- Peak year (1943)
- 278
- Annual births at peak, across 145 years of records
Dottie by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (2,265 births, 23% of the file).
1940s was Dottie's strongest decade.
2,265 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Dottie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 94
1880s
94 births
- 1890s 204
1890s
204 births
- 1900s 213
1900s
213 births
- 1910s 400
1910s
400 births
- 1920s 813
1920s
813 births
- 1930s
1930s
1,210 births
- 1940s
1940s
2,265 births
- 1950s
1950s
1,704 births
- 1960s
1960s
1,122 births
- 1970s 494
1970s
494 births
- 1980s 228
1980s
228 births
- 1990s 67
1990s
67 births
- 2000s 64
2000s
64 births
- 2010s 353
2010s
353 births
- 2020s 767
2020s
767 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 2,265 births (23% of all-time use).
How Dottie 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 Dottie's total volume
Dottie by state
Where Dottie concentrates geographically, total births since 1881
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 579 | 5.8% |
| #2 | West Virginia | | 530 | 5.3% |
| #3 | Kentucky | | 491 | 4.9% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 475 | 4.8% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 413 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 374 | 3.7% |
| #7 | California | | 319 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 319 | 3.2% |
579 of 9,998 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 32 reporting states.
Dottie appears in 32 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Dottie's data
- Dottie's usage has stayed within range of its 1940s decade-level peak (2,265 total births) through the 2020s (767) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Dotties (579 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Dottie
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dottie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1943)
Similar record span (~144 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, 1881–2025 (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 Dottie 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.