Dossie

Boy · recorded 1891–1972

  • 1972last recorded
  • 1896best year

Most popular in 1896.

Last recorded in 1972. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1891

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 53 recorded years as a table
Dossie, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189149
189241
189650
190342
190645
190832
190937
191127
191219
191314
191415
19157
191613
191714
191814
191912
192013
192112
192211
19237
192411
192511
19269
192716
192811
192910
193014
193111
193212
193317
19346
19356
19369
19378
19385
19395
19409
19417
19425
19436
19444
19467
19473
19485
19503
19513
19524
19534
19543
19563
19593
19602
19724

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dossie isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1972
6
Rank in 1972
#4,441
How rare
1 in 270,268 boys
Since 1891
466

Dossie was last recorded in 1972. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1896, at 50 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Dossie doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.