Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Dotsy

#31,931 most common girls' name of all time · #51,481 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1924–1953

Rank among girls
#31,931
Rank overall
#51,481 of 105,966
First appeared
1924
Years on the list
9 of 146
All-time
51
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1953 #4,433
Best rank
#4,143 1939
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
1940

Dotsy first appears in 1924. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1953 8 — 8 #4,433
1942 5 — 5 #5,114
1940 6 — 6 #4,219
1939 6 — 6 #4,143
1938 5 — 5 #4,799
1931 5 — 5 #4,867
1927 5 — 5 #5,458
1926 5 — 5 #5,507
1924 6 — 6 #5,013