Dotsy

Girl · recorded 1924–1953

  • 1953last recorded
  • 1939best year

Most popular in 1939.

Last recorded in 1953. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Dotsy.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1924

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 9 recorded years as a table
Dotsy, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19245
19264
19274
19315
19385
19395
19405
19424
19534

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dotsy 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1953
8
Rank in 1953
#4,226
How rare
1 in 235,162 girls
Since 1924
51

Dotsy was last recorded in 1953. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1939, at 5 per million girls born.

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

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