Dottie Girl
How popular is Dottie?
#1,382 girl name in 2025
158 baby girls were named Dottie in the US in 2025, making it the 1382nd most popular girl name.
Dottie popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,382 for girls (▲ 16 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 158 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+295% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,766 in 2015, #2,302 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1943 (278 girls) |
| Highest rank | #434 in 1944 |
| First recorded | 1881 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Dottie counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Dottie family of names ranked #1,148 for girls in 2025 (#1,150 the year before), with 165 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dottie | 158 | 96% |
| Dotty | 7 | 4% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Dottie is most popular
Babies named Dottie per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Dottie by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 94 | #586 |
| 1890s | 204 | #547 |
| 1900s | 213 | #609 |
| 1910s | 400 | #790 |
| 1920s | 813 | #655 |
| 1930s | 1,210 | #565 |
| 1940s | 2,265 | #434 |
| 1950s | 1,704 | #674 |
| 1960s | 1,122 | #751 |
| 1970s | 494 | #1,444 |
| 1980s | 228 | #2,218 |
| 1990s | 67 | #8,074 |
| 2000s | 64 | #7,338 |
| 2010s | 353 | #2,651 |
| 2020s | 767 | #1,382 |
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Questions
- Is Dottie a boy or girl name?
- Dottie is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Dottie were girls.
- How popular is the name Dottie?
- 158 baby girls were named Dottie in the US in 2025, making it the 1382nd most popular girl name.
- When was Dottie most popular?
- Dottie peaked in 1943, when 278 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #434 in 1944.
- How many people are named Dottie?
- 9,998 babies have been named Dottie in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,060 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 67.
- Where is Dottie most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Dottie was most common in Utah, at 0.7 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.