NameTides

Dottie

Dottie was the #1,382 girls' name in the US in 2025 (158 babies), and #218 in England & Wales and #2,282 in Canada.

Dottie as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Dottie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandIrelandUSCanada
Dottie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,382 (158)#218 (215)#539 (5)#397 (3)#608 (5)#2,282 (9)
2024#1,398 (160)#219 (218)#476 (6)#407 (3)—#2,685 (7)
2023#1,482 (147)#204 (241)—#391 (3)#856 (3)#2,900 (6)
2022#1,621 (130)#243 (195)—#418 (3)—#3,228 (5)
2021#2,024 (95)#259 (182)———#2,377 (8)
2020#2,302 (77)#273 (174)————
2019#2,651 (65)#302 (157)———#3,266 (5)
2018#2,841 (59)#337 (143)————
2017#3,769 (40)#383 (118)————
2016#4,083 (36)#573 (73)————
2015#3,767 (40)#656 (62)————
2014#3,925 (38)#750 (52)————
2013#4,422 (32)#982 (37)————
2012#6,341 (20)#1,210 (27)————
2011#9,150 (12)#1,807 (15)————

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1944 at #434.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1881.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 10,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 10,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Dottie is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,600 to 1 in 10,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Dottie by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: #351IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #597MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #651INOhio: #1,035OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,093CAUtah: #310UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #728MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #404KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,281NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #483OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,615TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Dottie (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DottieCanadaGirls#2,2829
DottieEngland & WalesGirls#218215
DottieIrelandGirls#6085
DottieNorthern IrelandGirls#3973
DottieScotlandGirls#5395
DottieUSGirls#1,382158