Dossie**
#6,895 most common girls' name of all time · #11,607 across all names · 45% male / 55% female · used 1881–1972 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#6,895
Rank overall
#11,607 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
70 of 146
All-time
1,034
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1917 #1,861
Best rank
#805 1881
Girls
Boys
peak 32/yr
Dossie first appears in 1881. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1960 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #6,440 |
| 1959 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1956 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1954 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1953 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #5,719 |
| 1952 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1951 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1950 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1949 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,716 |
| 1948 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1947 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #4,037 |
| 1946 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #5,000 |
| 1944 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1943 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1942 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #4,168 |
| 1941 | 11 | 9 | 20 | #2,694 |
| 1940 | 10 | 10 | 20 | #2,767 |
| 1939 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #3,819 |
| 1938 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #3,894 |
| 1937 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #3,463 |
| 1936 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #3,412 |
| 1935 | 9 | 6 | 15 | #2,953 |
| 1934 | 12 | 6 | 18 | #2,438 |
| 1933 | 11 | 17 | 28 | #2,568 |
| 1932 | 10 | 13 | 23 | #2,851 |
| 1931 | 15 | 11 | 26 | #2,128 |
| 1930 | 13 | 15 | 28 | #2,452 |
| 1929 | 14 | 11 | 25 | #2,326 |
| 1928 | 14 | 12 | 26 | #2,404 |
| 1927 | 10 | 18 | 28 | #3,082 |
| 1926 | 14 | 10 | 24 | #2,487 |
| 1925 | 19 | 12 | 31 | #2,037 |
| 1924 | 10 | 13 | 23 | #3,171 |
| 1923 | 13 | 8 | 21 | #2,608 |
| 1922 | 20 | 12 | 32 | #1,976 |
| 1921 | 13 | 13 | 26 | #2,649 |
| 1920 | 17 | 14 | 31 | #2,189 |
| 1919 | 19 | 12 | 31 | #1,932 |
| 1918 | 17 | 14 | 31 | #2,125 |
| 1917 | 19 | 13 | 32 | #1,861 |
| 1916 | 16 | 12 | 28 | #2,058 |
| 1915 | 21 | 6 | 27 | #1,633 |
| 1914 | 14 | 10 | 24 | #1,831 |
| 1913 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #2,571 |
| 1912 | 12 | 8 | 20 | #1,645 |
| 1911 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #1,817 |
| 1910 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,550 |
| 1909 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #2,242 |
| 1908 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #1,894 |
| 1906 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #1,989 |
| 1905 | 12 | — | 12 | #1,114 |
| 1904 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,118 |
| 1903 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1902 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,351 |
| 1901 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,162 |
| 1900 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,459 |
| 1899 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,434 |
| 1898 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,733 |
| 1896 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #1,615 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,636 |
| 1894 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,261 |
| 1893 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,318 |
| 1892 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1891 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1889 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,062 |
| 1888 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,073 |
| 1886 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,165 |
| 1885 | 6 | — | 6 | #972 |
| 1881 | 6 | — | 6 | #805 |