Dovie
Dovie was given to 30 girls in 2025, #4,582 among girls’ names; 9,086 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,810 Americans named Dovie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (20% of everyone recorded); the median is 67 years old and half are between 46 and 80.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Dovie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Dovie?
#4,582 among girls’ names, 2025
Dovie rose from #12,144 in 2015 to #4,582 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 4.5 to 18.7 per million.
235 babies in 1917, the peak
Dovie peaked in 1917, when 235 girls were given it, #415 among girls’ names. The 30 births of 2025 are 13% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #4,582 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,693 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,426 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,059 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,752 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,656 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,490 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,843 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,489 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,992 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (142)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 8 | #12,144 | under 0.01 |
| 2014 | 9 | #11,238 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,560 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 6 | #15,485 | under 0.01 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,482 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,630 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,763 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 7 | #14,259 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 10 | #11,060 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,387 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,921 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,419 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,352 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 5 | #15,080 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,899 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 5 | #14,380 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 5 | #14,129 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,262 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,780 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,834 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,724 | under 0.01 |
| 1991 | 10 | #8,135 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,569 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,945 | under 0.01 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,439 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,865 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,152 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,959 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,348 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,769 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,653 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 20 | #3,882 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,508 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 13 | #5,003 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,277 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,206 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,203 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,525 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 15 | #4,030 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,595 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,828 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 19 | #3,337 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 18 | #3,230 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 17 | #3,206 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 18 | #2,992 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 27 | #2,313 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 27 | #2,309 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 37 | #1,956 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 35 | #1,988 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 44 | #1,710 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 51 | #1,581 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 24 | #2,457 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 38 | #1,801 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 41 | #1,682 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 39 | #1,730 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 31 | #1,939 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 39 | #1,647 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 46 | #1,483 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 51 | #1,360 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 47 | #1,422 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 45 | #1,396 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 44 | #1,381 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 54 | #1,235 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 56 | #1,210 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 65 | #1,108 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 67 | #1,034 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 66 | #943 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 65 | #966 | 0.05 |
| 1943 | 74 | #903 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 65 | #972 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 65 | #912 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 85 | #754 | 0.07 |
| 1939 | 75 | #791 | 0.07 |
| 1938 | 83 | #767 | 0.08 |
| 1937 | 83 | #748 | 0.08 |
| 1936 | 82 | #733 | 0.08 |
| 1935 | 94 | #688 | 0.09 |
| 1934 | 114 | #621 | 0.11 |
| 1933 | 124 | #575 | 0.12 |
| 1932 | 128 | #580 | 0.12 |
| 1931 | 118 | #611 | 0.11 |
| 1930 | 137 | #584 | 0.12 |
| 1929 | 110 | #666 | 0.10 |
| 1928 | 143 | #588 | 0.12 |
| 1927 | 144 | #589 | 0.12 |
| 1926 | 149 | #581 | 0.13 |
| 1925 | 146 | #599 | 0.12 |
| 1924 | 162 | #575 | 0.13 |
| 1923 | 181 | #525 | 0.15 |
| 1922 | 187 | #511 | 0.16 |
| 1921 | 201 | #489 | 0.16 |
| 1920 | 194 | #494 | 0.16 |
| 1919 | 206 | #462 | 0.18 |
| 1918 | 194 | #488 | 0.17 |
| 1917 | 235 | #415 | 0.22 |
| 1916 | 175 | #484 | 0.17 |
| 1915 | 197 | #434 | 0.20 |
| 1914 | 182 | #392 | 0.24 |
| 1913 | 153 | #393 | 0.24 |
| 1912 | 175 | #346 | 0.31 |
| 1911 | 122 | #361 | 0.29 |
| 1910 | 115 | #365 | 0.29 |
| 1909 | 114 | #337 | 0.33 |
| 1908 | 132 | #307 | 0.39 |
| 1907 | 133 | #304 | 0.42 |
| 1906 | 125 | #296 | 0.42 |
| 1905 | 141 | #278 | 0.48 |
| 1904 | 129 | #277 | 0.47 |
| 1903 | 129 | #273 | 0.49 |
| 1902 | 109 | #302 | 0.41 |
| 1901 | 94 | #310 | 0.39 |
| 1900 | 154 | #263 | 0.51 |
| 1899 | 87 | #322 | 0.37 |
| 1898 | 124 | #273 | 0.48 |
| 1897 | 95 | #299 | 0.41 |
| 1896 | 86 | #312 | 0.36 |
| 1895 | 93 | #299 | 0.40 |
| 1894 | 104 | #271 | 0.47 |
| 1893 | 79 | #307 | 0.37 |
| 1892 | 89 | #284 | 0.42 |
| 1891 | 96 | #248 | 0.52 |
| 1890 | 86 | #269 | 0.45 |
| 1889 | 62 | #309 | 0.35 |
| 1888 | 63 | #297 | 0.35 |
| 1887 | 54 | #290 | 0.37 |
| 1886 | 50 | #292 | 0.35 |
| 1885 | 41 | #318 | 0.31 |
| 1884 | 56 | #260 | 0.43 |
| 1883 | 40 | #278 | 0.36 |
| 1882 | 31 | #318 | 0.29 |
| 1881 | 31 | #283 | 0.34 |
| 1880 | 30 | #282 | 0.33 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Dovie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Dovie has been given almost only to girls: 10 boys in 142 years of records.
Girls and boys named Dovie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Dovie, and how old are they?
1,810 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 20% of the 9,086 Americans ever recorded as Dovie. The median Dovie alive today is 67 years old; half are between 46 and 80.
The 2020 Census counted 1,750 people named Dovie (1,701 women and girls, 49 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,158 born in the U.S. The Census count is 19% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 433 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 649 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 257 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 148 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 96 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 208 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Dovie born?
The states with the most babies named Dovie are Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, with 46% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Oklahoma and Arkansas are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 968 | #3,025 | 2.6× |
| Oklahoma | 568 | not ranked | 4.4× |
| Arkansas | 479 | not ranked | 4.3× |
| Alabama | 465 | #856 | 2.6× |
| Tennessee | 386 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Kentucky | 381 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| North Carolina | 310 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Mississippi | 274 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Georgia | 249 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Louisiana | 97 | not ranked | 0.7× |
Where Dovie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Dovie is most over-represented in Oklahoma: since 1910 it was given 4.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Dovie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 10,753 babies since 1880, Dovie is the most given (84% of them). In 2025 it was given to 30 of their 187 babies (16%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Dovie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Dovie and names like it
- Compare Dovie and DoveBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sDovie peaked in 1917.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Dovie since 1910.
- The top names of 1917The year the most babies were named Dovie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Dovie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with DMost given first.