Boy or Girl

Is Dottie a boy or girl name?

Dottie is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 158 girls and 0 boys were named Dottie, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 9,836 US babies named Dottie were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
Not ranked
Girl rank, 2024
#1,406
Babies named Dottie since 1881
9,836
Most popular year
1943
278 babies
Babies named Dottie each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Dottie from 1881 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.0751502253001900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Dottie, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1880s094100%
1890s0204100%
1900s0213100%
1910s0400100%
1920s0813100%
1930s01,210100%
1940s02,265100%
1950s01,704100%
1960s01,122100%
1970s0494100%
1980s0228100%
1990s067100%
2000s064100%
2010s0352100%
2020s0606100%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
20240–158#1,406
20230–147#1,480
20220–129#1,637
20210–95#2,029
20200–77#2,307
20190–65#2,658
20180–59#2,849
20170–40#3,792
20160–36#4,106
20150–39#3,864
20140–38#3,943
20130–32#4,451
20120–20#6,406
20110–12#9,310
20100–11#9,964
20090–17#7,438
20080–13#9,114
20070–8#13,021
20060–8#12,728
20050–0–
20040–6#14,661
20030–5#16,480
20020–0–
20010–7#12,425
20000–0–
19990–6#13,143
19980–5#14,828
19970–5#14,383
19960–5#14,134
19950–10#8,266
19940–9#9,036
19930–5#14,116
19920–8#9,729
19910–6#11,926
19900–8#9,506
19890–9#8,231
19880–16#5,126
19870–14#5,372
19860–16#4,787
19850–23#3,645
19840–34#2,690
19830–24#3,359
19820–23#3,555
19810–24#3,459
19800–45#2,225
19790–44#2,222
19780–46#2,061
19770–43#2,170
19760–41#2,108
19750–42#2,070
19740–42#2,003
19730–55#1,653
19720–55#1,634
19710–55#1,668
19700–71#1,446
19690–64#1,469
19680–64#1,408
19670–78#1,205
19660–74#1,253
19650–82#1,189
19640–131#913
19630–119#975
19620–137#902
19610–188#758
19600–185#751
19590–171#781
19580–215#675
19570–201#702
19560–175#731
19550–150#787
19540–146#775
19530–157#726
19520–170#687
19510–161#691
19500–158#676
19490–148#693
19480–202#587
19470–232#560
19460–245#498
19450–240#463
19440–275#434
19430–278#447
19420–235#481
19410–212#481
19400–198#485
19390–128#591
19380–139#584
19370–136#579
19360–133#569
19350–123#582
19340–127#572
19330–104#645
19320–133#566
19310–92#697
19300–95#711
19290–109#671
19280–102#692
19270–121#655
19260–81#808
19250–65#923
19240–59#994
19230–65#908
19220–81#809
19210–63#937
19200–67#887
19190–69#836
19180–63#903
19170–51#981
19160–53#943
19150–40#1,058
19140–21#1,395
19130–26#1,074
19120–31#907
19110–30#792
19100–16#1,129
19090–21#894
19080–31#701
19070–15#998
19060–21#802
19050–33#609
19040–9#1,289
19030–15#904
19020–27#644
19010–19#750
19000–22#784
18990–25#619
18980–24#667
18970–23#648
18960–20#710
18950–29#549
18940–12#915
18930–17#725
18920–16#737
18910–15#701
18900–23#551
18890–10#854
18880–16#647
18870–15#592
18860–12#665
18850–10#702
18840–9#751
18830–5#955
18820–10#607
18810–7#697

Highest rank

Dottie has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #434 in 1944. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1940s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.