Dossie peaked in the US in 1881 at #740, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.
Dossie as a girl’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
1960
#6,390 (5)
1953
#5,673 (5)
1949
#4,673 (6)
1947
#4,007 (8)
1946
#4,960 (5)
1942
#4,124 (6)
1941
#2,668 (11)
1940
#2,737 (10)
1939
#3,782 (6)
1938
#3,847 (6)
1937
#3,434 (7)
1936
#3,376 (7)
1935
#2,926 (9)
1934
#2,424 (12)
1933
#2,540 (11)
Dossie as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
1972
#4,441 (6)
1960
#4,038 (5)
1959
#3,619 (6)
1956
#3,535 (6)
1954
#3,176 (7)
1953
#2,905 (8)
1952
#3,095 (7)
1951
#3,364 (6)
1950
#3,681 (5)
1948
#2,788 (8)
1947
#3,733 (5)
1946
#2,271 (11)
1944
#3,109 (6)
1943
#2,563 (9)
1942
#2,940 (7)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1881 at #740.
First recorded in the US in 1881.
In 1960, 50% of US babies named Dossie were girls.