Dotty — #12175 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Dotty

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,686 babies named Dotty between 1909 and 2024, spanning 116 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dotty currently holds the #12175 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1945, when 53 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dotty performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 453 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Dotty shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 52 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by West Virginia and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Dotty in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dotty 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 1,686 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.