Dollie
A spelling of Dolly, long used as a pet form of Dorothy, from Greek Dorothea, gift of God. The toy word dolly comes from the same pet name.
Dollie in 2025
Dollie was given to 13 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 13,747th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 255,026 babies born.
The history of Dollie
Dollie reached its highest point in 1921, when 459 babies were given the name, ranking 571st that year. Its best-ever ranking was 280th, in 1886.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 19,298 babies have been named Dollie. Half of them were born before 1924, which places the name's centre of gravity with the Greatest Generation.
Dollie by decade
| Decade | Babies named Dollie | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,063 | 280 |
| 1890s | 1,546 | 308 |
| 1900s | 1,913 | 322 |
| 1910s | 3,317 | 345 |
| 1920s | 3,906 | 571 |
| 1930s | 2,839 | 632 |
| 1940s | 2,034 | 831 |
| 1950s | 1,341 | 1,147 |
| 1960s | 626 | 1,796 |
| 1970s | 314 | 3,016 |
| 1980s | 194 | 4,423 |
| 1990s | 73 | 9,459 |
| 2000s | 5 | 25,811 |
| 2010s | 53 | 19,975 |
| 2020s | 74 | 11,508 |
Where Dollie is heading
Dollie has risen 160% over the past decade, from 5 babies in 2015 to 13 in 2025.
That is less than 5% of its 1921 peak — Dollie is now a rare name in the United States.
Names like Dollie
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Dollie.