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.

Dottie

#1,633 most common girls' name of all time · #2,810 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1881–2025

Rank among girls
#1,633
Rank overall
#2,810 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
142 of 146
All-time
9,998
Since 2016
967
Peak year
1943 #448
Best rank
#434 1944
Girls Boys peak 278/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Dottie 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 158 — 158 #1,383
2024 160 — 160 #1,400
2023 147 — 147 #1,482
2022 130 — 130 #1,623
2021 95 — 95 #2,027
2020 77 — 77 #2,304
2019 65 — 65 #2,654
2018 59 — 59 #2,844
2017 40 — 40 #3,773
2016 36 — 36 #4,087
2015 40 — 40 #3,773
2014 38 — 38 #3,927
2013 32 — 32 #4,428
2012 20 — 20 #6,350
2011 12 — 12 #9,159
2010 11 — 11 #9,809
2009 17 — 17 #7,351
2008 13 — 13 #8,973
2007 8 — 8 #12,700
2006 8 — 8 #12,437
2004 6 — 6 #14,211
2003 5 — 5 #15,816
2001 7 — 7 #12,095
1999 6 — 6 #12,723
1998 5 — 5 #14,167
1997 5 — 5 #13,763
1996 5 — 5 #13,562
1995 10 — 10 #8,102
1994 9 — 9 #8,826
1993 5 — 5 #13,487
1992 8 — 8 #9,528
1991 6 — 6 #11,548
1990 8 — 8 #9,271
1989 9 — 9 #8,067
1988 16 — 16 #5,084
1987 14 — 14 #5,343
1986 16 — 16 #4,738
1985 23 — 23 #3,631
1984 34 — 34 #2,682
1983 24 — 24 #3,347
1982 23 — 23 #3,535
1981 24 — 24 #3,442
1980 45 — 45 #2,223
1979 44 — 44 #2,223
1978 46 — 46 #2,054
1977 43 — 43 #2,167
1976 41 — 41 #2,107
1975 42 — 42 #2,063
1974 42 — 42 #2,002
1973 55 — 55 #1,650
1972 55 — 55 #1,635
1971 55 — 55 #1,667
1970 71 — 71 #1,446
1969 64 — 64 #1,470
1968 64 — 64 #1,409
1967 78 — 78 #1,206
1966 74 — 74 #1,252
1965 82 — 82 #1,189
1964 131 — 131 #913
1963 119 — 119 #976
1962 137 — 137 #902
1961 188 — 188 #758
1960 185 — 185 #752
1959 171 — 171 #781
1958 215 — 215 #675
1957 201 — 201 #702
1956 175 — 175 #731
1955 150 — 150 #787
1954 146 — 146 #775
1953 157 — 157 #726
1952 170 — 170 #687
1951 161 — 161 #692
1950 158 — 158 #675
1949 148 — 148 #695
1948 202 — 202 #587
1947 232 — 232 #560
1946 245 — 245 #498
1945 240 — 240 #463
1944 275 — 275 #434
1943 278 — 278 #448
1942 235 — 235 #481
1941 212 — 212 #481
1940 198 — 198 #485
1939 128 — 128 #592
1938 139 — 139 #584
1937 136 — 136 #581
1936 133 — 133 #568
1935 123 — 123 #584
1934 127 — 127 #572
1933 104 — 104 #645
1932 133 — 133 #568
1931 92 — 92 #700
1930 95 — 95 #713
1929 109 — 109 #670
1928 102 — 102 #694
1927 121 — 121 #656
1926 81 — 81 #808
1925 65 — 65 #926
1924 59 — 59 #993
1923 65 — 65 #908
1922 81 — 81 #813
1921 63 — 63 #936
1920 67 — 67 #888
1919 69 — 69 #836
1918 63 — 63 #905
1917 51 — 51 #980
1916 53 — 53 #941
1915 40 — 40 #1,062
1914 21 — 21 #1,401
1913 26 — 26 #1,074
1912 31 — 31 #913
1911 30 — 30 #798
1910 16 — 16 #1,126
1909 21 — 21 #897
1908 31 — 31 #704
1907 15 — 15 #1,005
1906 21 — 21 #810
1905 33 — 33 #615
1904 9 — 9 #1,289
1903 15 — 15 #910
1902 27 — 27 #646
1901 19 — 19 #760
1900 22 — 22 #795
1899 25 — 25 #623
1898 24 — 24 #675
1897 23 — 23 #653
1896 20 — 20 #716
1895 29 — 29 #560
1894 12 — 12 #928
1893 17 — 17 #729
1892 16 — 16 #752
1891 15 — 15 #718
1890 23 — 23 #556
1889 10 — 10 #872
1888 16 — 16 #658
1887 15 — 15 #605
1886 12 — 12 #685
1885 10 — 10 #734
1884 9 — 9 #769
1883 5 — 5 #977
1882 10 — 10 #626
1881 7 — 7 #726