Girls' name · since 1947
Dottye
Dottye has 33 recorded births since 1947 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1949 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #39,801 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 33
- born since 1947
- 1950s
- peak decade
Dottye sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 33 recorded since 1947.
Social Security Administration records show Dottye recorded 33 times among girls since 1947, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1950s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 1955.
- #39,801 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 33 born since 1947
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dottye ranks #39,801 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 33 born since 1947, peaking in the 1950s.
- #39,801 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 33
- born since 1947
- 1950s
- peak decade
Dottye's 33 recorded births place it above 44.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dottye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dottye splits its recorded history at 1953: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1947 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1949 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dottye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–1955
- Peak year (1949)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Dottye by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (17 births, 52% of the file).
1950s was Dottye's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Dottye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
16 births
- 1950s
1950s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 17 births (52% of all-time use).
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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, 1947–1955 (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 Dottye 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.