Dottie · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1881

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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 142 recorded years as a table

Dottie, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1881	76
1882	93
1883	45
1884	70
1885	75
1886	83
1887	103
1888	90
1889	56
1890	121
1891	81
1892	75
1893	80
1894	54
1895	124
1896	84
1897	98
1898	93
1899	107
1900	73
1901	79
1902	102
1903	57
1904	33
1905	113
1906	71
1907	47
1908	93
1909	60
1910	40
1911	72
1912	56
1913	42
1914	28
1915	41
1916	51
1917	47
1918	54
1919	61
1920	56
1921	51
1922	67
1923	54
1924	47
1925	53
1926	68
1927	101
1928	88
1929	98
1930	84
1931	86
1932	125
1933	103
1934	122
1935	117
1936	128
1937	128
1938	126
1939	117
1940	173
1941	175
1942	174
1943	199
1944	207
1945	184
1946	156
1947	131
1948	119
1949	87
1950	92
1951	89
1952	92
1953	83
1954	75
1955	77
1956	87
1957	98
1958	107
1959	85
1960	91
1961	93
1962	70
1963	62
1964	69
1965	46
1966	44
1967	47
1968	39
1969	38
1970	41
1971	33
1972	36
1973	38
1974	29
1975	29
1976	28
1977	28
1978	30
1979	27
1980	27
1981	14
1982	14
1983	14
1984	20
1985	13
1986	9
1987	8
1988	9
1989	5
1990	4
1991	3
1992	4
1993	3
1994	5
1995	6
1996	3
1997	3
1998	3
1999	3
2001	4
2003	3
2004	3
2006	4
2007	4
2008	7
2009	9
2010	6
2011	7
2012	11
2013	18
2014	21
2015	22
2016	20
2017	23
2018	35
2019	39
2020	48
2021	58
2022	79
2023	92
2024	99
2025	98

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFL

Utah 8.1×
Ohio 1.9×
Texas 0.8×
California 0.7×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 158
Rank in 2025: #1,382
How rare: 1 in 10,172 girls
Since 1881: 9,998

Most popular in 1944, at 207 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 339% per million girls born.

Top 4 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
State	Times the national rate	Births pooled
Utah	8.1×	39
Ohio	1.9×	26
Texas	0.8×	38
California	0.7×	35

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