Feminine dossier · first seen 1909

Dotty

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Dotty
Creator: Social Security Administration

Resurgent Gaining cultural share

Peak era

1945

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1909Peak 19452024

Peak year

1945

Decline from peak

86.8%

2024

All-time

1,686

Dotty is accumulating new signal in the present tense. Whether it is a revival or a fresh adoption curve, the name is moving from background noise toward cultural visibility again.

Your name peaked in 1945, when 53 girls were named Dotty.

In 2024, only 7 girls were given the name.

All told, about 1,686 Americans have been named Dotty and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1909.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryGaining cultural share

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