Meaning not yet researched.
Dolly: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 113 in 2025. Its best rank was #277 in 1881.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #277 in 1881; #1,781 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Dolly in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,781 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1881, at #277.
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Dolly: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 113 girls in 2025. Peak: #277 in 1881 · most girls in one year: 395 (1926).
In 2025, 113 US girls were named Dolly, making it the 1,781st most common girls’ name of the year, down 149 places from #1,632 in 2024. That is 14 fewer than the 127 girls named Dolly in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #277, reached in 1881. The most girls given the name in a single year was 395, in 1926. For comparison, it was #4,625 in 2015 and #497 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Dolly in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 21 babies with the name. In all, 20,636 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 3,679 babies named Dolly.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 828 US girls were named Dolly; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 129. In 2025 that was about 1 in 14,224 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Dolly ranked highest in Mississippi in 2025, at #545 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Dollie (19,298 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Dollye, Dolley and Dolli are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Dollye (257), Dolley (5), Dolli (5), Dooley (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Dolly in the open dataset we use.
Dolly is listed as a nickname for Dorothy.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 43 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 5 | #545 | — |
| Utah | 5 | #737 | — |
| Tennessee | 8 | #829 | — |
| Virginia | 6 | #1,078 | — |
| North Carolina | 8 | #1,084 | — |
| Texas | 12 | #1,826 | — |
| California | 9 | #2,142 | — |
| New York | 5 | #2,178 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 113 | #1,781 | — | — |
| 2024 | 127 | #1,632 | — | — |
| 2023 | 129 | #1,617 | — | — |
| 2022 | 113 | #1,807 | — | — |
| 2021 | 87 | #2,157 | — | — |
| 2020 | 61 | #2,727 | — | — |
| 2019 | 54 | #3,015 | — | — |
| 2018 | 53 | #3,064 | — | — |
| 2017 | 49 | #3,259 | — | — |
| 2016 | 42 | #3,664 | — | — |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,625 | — | — |
| 2014 | 23 | #5,669 | — | — |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,181 | — | — |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,408 | — | — |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,767 | — | — |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,285 | — | — |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,885 | — | — |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,157 | — | — |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,483 | — | — |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,660 | — | — |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,617 | — | — |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,507 | — | — |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,871 | — | — |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,797 | — | — |
| 2001 | 15 | #7,062 | — | — |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,283 | — | — |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,994 | — | — |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,683 | — | — |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,078 | — | — |
| 1996 | 29 | #3,750 | — | — |
| 1995 | 27 | #3,908 | — | — |
| 1994 | 38 | #3,049 | — | — |
| 1993 | 34 | #3,309 | — | — |
| 1992 | 33 | #3,351 | — | — |
| 1991 | 51 | #2,459 | — | — |
| 1990 | 41 | #2,817 | — | — |
| 1989 | 39 | #2,827 | — | — |
| 1988 | 60 | #1,992 | — | — |
| 1987 | 29 | #3,197 | — | — |
| 1986 | 54 | #2,009 | — | — |
| 1985 | 48 | #2,183 | — | — |
| 1984 | 49 | #2,057 | — | — |
| 1983 | 54 | #1,918 | — | — |
| 1982 | 61 | #1,789 | — | — |
| 1981 | 61 | #1,814 | — | — |
| 1980 | 72 | #1,612 | — | — |
| 1979 | 67 | #1,667 | — | — |
| 1978 | 75 | #1,506 | — | — |
| 1977 | 99 | #1,227 | — | — |
| 1976 | 82 | #1,318 | — | — |
| 1975 | 92 | #1,242 | — | — |
| 1974 | 89 | #1,228 | — | — |
| 1973 | 83 | #1,256 | — | — |
| 1972 | 105 | #1,085 | — | — |
| 1971 | 133 | #959 | — | — |
| 1970 | 115 | #1,061 | — | — |
| 1969 | 93 | #1,155 | — | — |
| 1968 | 113 | #979 | — | — |
| 1967 | 114 | #953 | — | — |
| 1966 | 137 | #858 | — | — |
| 1965 | 155 | #793 | — | — |
| 1964 | 171 | #798 | — | — |
| 1963 | 151 | #852 | — | — |
| 1962 | 162 | #824 | — | — |
| 1961 | 185 | #772 | — | — |
| 1960 | 183 | #756 | — | — |
| 1959 | 207 | #696 | — | — |
| 1958 | 243 | #629 | — | — |
| 1957 | 215 | #670 | — | — |
| 1956 | 249 | #605 | — | — |
| 1955 | 239 | #597 | 5 | #4,007 |
| 1954 | 247 | #568 | — | — |
| 1953 | 243 | #560 | — | — |
| 1952 | 274 | #512 | — | — |
| 1951 | 238 | #546 | — | — |
| 1950 | 262 | #497 | — | — |
| 1949 | 258 | #504 | — | — |
| 1948 | 267 | #499 | — | — |
| 1947 | 262 | #513 | — | — |
| 1946 | 263 | #482 | — | — |
| 1945 | 221 | #485 | — | — |
| 1944 | 243 | #460 | — | — |
| 1943 | 234 | #483 | — | — |
| 1942 | 250 | #466 | — | — |
| 1941 | 274 | #416 | — | — |
| 1940 | 271 | #416 | — | — |
| 1939 | 235 | #438 | — | — |
| 1938 | 232 | #442 | — | — |
| 1937 | 295 | #376 | — | — |
| 1936 | 329 | #346 | — | — |
| 1935 | 335 | #349 | — | — |
| 1934 | 327 | #346 | 7 | #3,051 |
| 1933 | 331 | #341 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1932 | 364 | #334 | — | — |
| 1931 | 357 | #338 | — | — |
| 1930 | 387 | #331 | 5 | #4,140 |
| 1929 | 387 | #329 | 6 | #3,660 |
| 1928 | 390 | #339 | 5 | #4,296 |
| 1927 | 350 | #366 | — | — |
| 1926 | 395 | #332 | — | — |
| 1925 | 388 | #341 | — | — |
| 1924 | 352 | #366 | 5 | #4,505 |
| 1923 | 349 | #355 | — | — |
| 1922 | 350 | #348 | — | — |
| 1921 | 354 | #349 | — | — |
| 1920 | 348 | #352 | — | — |
| 1919 | 341 | #349 | — | — |
| 1918 | 354 | #349 | — | — |
| 1917 | 287 | #374 | — | — |
| 1916 | 302 | #354 | 5 | #4,069 |
| 1915 | 287 | #352 | — | — |
| 1914 | 202 | #375 | — | — |
| 1913 | 183 | #360 | — | — |
| 1912 | 188 | #331 | — | — |
| 1911 | 138 | #337 | — | — |
| 1910 | 133 | #343 | — | — |
| 1909 | 108 | #348 | — | — |
| 1908 | 124 | #316 | — | — |
| 1907 | 103 | #346 | — | — |
| 1906 | 96 | #341 | — | — |
| 1905 | 102 | #334 | — | — |
| 1904 | 102 | #321 | — | — |
| 1903 | 92 | #322 | — | — |
| 1902 | 85 | #344 | — | — |
| 1901 | 80 | #342 | — | — |
| 1900 | 94 | #341 | — | — |
| 1899 | 70 | #354 | — | — |
| 1898 | 72 | #369 | — | — |
| 1897 | 62 | #371 | — | — |
| 1896 | 63 | #366 | — | — |
| 1895 | 70 | #343 | — | — |
| 1894 | 60 | #359 | — | — |
| 1893 | 49 | #386 | — | — |
| 1892 | 51 | #373 | — | — |
| 1891 | 46 | #366 | — | — |
| 1890 | 57 | #338 | — | — |
| 1889 | 62 | #308 | — | — |
| 1888 | 60 | #308 | — | — |
| 1887 | 32 | #380 | — | — |
| 1886 | 54 | #283 | — | — |
| 1885 | 44 | #303 | — | — |
| 1884 | 36 | #328 | — | — |
| 1883 | 24 | #376 | — | — |
| 1882 | 36 | #294 | — | — |
| 1881 | 33 | #277 | — | — |
| 1880 | 21 | #355 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).