Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Dottie” in the USA?

Number of people named “Dottie” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Dottie” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Dottie” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Dottie” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Dottie” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Dottie” by birth year

This chart shows how “Dottie” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1881 7 0.000036328 7 100%
1882 10 0.00004514 10 100%
1883 5 0.000023047 5 100%
1884 9 0.000036967 9 100%
1885 10 0.000041519 10 100%
1886 12 0.000047001 12 100%
1887 15 0.000060633 15 100%
1888 16 0.000053427 16 100%
1889 10 0.000034609 10 100%
1890 23 0.00007631 23 100%
1891 15 0.000052324 15 100%
1892 16 0.000047851 16 100%
1893 17 0.000052272 17 100%
1894 12 0.000035431 12 100%
1895 29 0.000082616 29 100%
1896 20 0.000055947 20 100%
1897 23 0.000066291 23 100%
1898 24 0.000062917 24 100%
1899 25 0.000073695 25 100%
1900 22 0.000048861 22 100%
1901 19 0.000054943 19 100%
1902 27 0.000069816 27 100%
1903 15 0.000039349 15 100%
1904 9 0.000022306 9 100%
1905 33 0.000077845 33 100%
1906 21 0.000049014 21 100%
1907 15 0.000032231 15 100%
1908 31 0.00006344 31 100%
1909 21 0.000041078 21 100%
1910 16 0.000027086 16 100%
1911 30 0.000046564 30 100%
1912 31 0.000031375 31 100%
1913 26 0.000022865 26 100%
1914 21 0.000014827 21 100%
1915 40 0.000021829 40 100%
1916 53 0.000027398 53 100%
1917 51 0.000025414 51 100%
1918 63 0.000029017 63 100%
1919 69 0.000032698 69 100%
1920 67 0.000029611 67 100%
1921 63 0.000026986 63 100%
1922 81 0.000035384 81 100%
1923 65 0.00002823 65 100%
1924 59 0.000024773 59 100%
1925 65 0.000027858 65 100%
1926 81 0.00003528 81 100%
1927 121 0.00005217 121 100%
1928 102 0.000045114 102 100%
1929 109 0.000049723 109 100%
1930 95 0.00004273 95 100%
1931 92 0.000043718 92 100%
1932 133 0.000062995 133 100%
1933 104 0.000052014 104 100%
1934 127 0.000061151 127 100%
1935 123 0.000058854 123 100%
1936 133 0.000064017 133 100%
1937 136 0.00006383 136 100%
1938 139 0.000062823 139 100%
1939 128 0.000058091 128 100%
1940 198 0.000085987 198 100%
1941 212 0.000087013 212 100%
1942 235 0.000086023 235 100%
1943 278 0.000098492 278 100%
1944 275 0.000102227 275 100%
1945 240 0.000090467 240 100%
1946 245 0.000076675 245 100%
1947 232 0.000064403 232 100%
1948 202 0.000058508 202 100%
1949 148 0.00004247 148 100%
1950 158 0.0000451 158 100%
1951 161 0.000043706 161 100%
1952 170 0.00004476 170 100%
1953 157 0.000040741 157 100%
1954 146 0.000036677 146 100%
1955 150 0.000037359 150 100%
1956 175 0.000042444 175 100%
1957 201 0.000047833 201 100%
1958 215 0.000052009 215 100%
1959 171 0.000041126 171 100%
1960 185 0.000044537 185 100%
1961 188 0.000045385 188 100%
1962 137 0.00003395 137 100%
1963 119 0.000030064 119 100%
1964 131 0.000033697 131 100%
1965 82 0.000022618 82 100%
1966 74 0.000021291 74 100%
1967 78 0.000022976 78 100%
1968 64 0.000018944 64 100%
1969 64 0.000018416 64 100%
1970 71 0.000019687 71 100%
1971 55 0.000016024 55 100%
1972 55 0.000017499 55 100%
1973 55 0.000018231 55 100%
1974 42 0.000013816 42 100%
1975 42 0.00001391 42 100%
1976 41 0.000013512 41 100%
1977 43 0.000013537 43 100%
1978 46 0.000014493 46 100%
1979 44 0.000013225 44 100%
1980 45 0.000013064 45 100%
1981 24 0.000006938 24 100%
1982 23 0.000006557 23 100%
1983 24 0.00000693 24 100%
1984 34 0.000009746 34 100%
1985 23 0.000006444 23 100%
1986 16 0.000004498 16 100%
1987 14 0.000003883 14 100%
1988 16 0.00000433 16 100%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 100%
1990 8 0.000002024 8 100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 100%
1992 8 0.000002083 8 100%
1993 5 0.000001326 5 100%
1994 9 0.000002421 9 100%
1995 10 0.000002731 10 100%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 100%
2001 7 0.00000187 7 100%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 100%
2004 6 0.00000157 6 100%
2006 8 0.000002022 8 100%
2007 8 0.000002001 8 100%
2008 13 0.000003307 13 100%
2009 17 0.00000445 17 100%
2010 11 0.000002976 11 100%
2011 12 0.000003281 12 100%
2012 20 0.000005468 20 100%
2013 32 0.000008778 32 100%
2014 38 0.000010253 38 100%
2015 39 0.000010538 39 100%
2016 36 0.000009813 36 100%
2017 40 0.000011185 40 100%
2018 59 0.000016781 59 100%
2019 65 0.000018727 65 100%
2020 77 0.00002305 77 100%
2021 95 0.000028041 95 100%
2022 129 0.00003813 129 100%
2023 147 0.000044395 147 100%
2024 158 0.000047469 158 100%

Explore other names

These names are alphabetically near to Dottie:

  1. Dotsie
  2. Dotson
  3. Dotsy
  4. Dott
  5. Dotti
  6. Dottie (this page)
  7. Dotty
  8. Dottye
  9. Doty
  10. Doua
  11. Douaa