first name
DOTTIE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,675 people named Dottie, 84.3% reported their origin as White, 8.3% as Black and 3.2% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Dottie peaked in 1943, when 278 babies got the name.
At least 9,998 babies have been given the name since 1881. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Dottie by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #918. The largest share of babies named Dottie, 32.9%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Dottie is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Dottie has been most common in West Virginia (9.7×), Kentucky (4.8×), and Louisiana (3×), and least common in New Jersey (0.19×).
5,776 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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