Baby name

Dottie

Girl

Comeback name

Dottie peaked in 1943, when 1 baby in 10,153 was given the name. The curve bottomed out around 2000 (about 0 births a year), then turned around. Latest ranking, 2025: No. 1382.

9,998births since 1880

1940sgeneration

No. 447rank at its peak, in 1943

Where babies named Dottie are born

1943

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Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Dottie is most common in West Virginia (8.1 times), Kentucky (4.4) and Tennessee (2.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Lottie 48,352
Ottie 1,275

Names from the same era

Freddie · Sammie · Georgianna · Donnie · Ruthann · Gerry

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