Dolly
Rank in 2025
#1777
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
113
girls 113
Peak year
1886
54 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
20,636
since 1880
Born a Dolly? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Dolly was most popular in 1886, when 54 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.37 per 1,000). In 2025, 113 babies were named Dolly, ranking #1777 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 123%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 113 | 1777 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 127 | 1630 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 129 | 1614 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 113 | 1807 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 87 | 2154 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 61 | 2712 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 54 | 3002 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 53 | 3050 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 49 | 3247 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 42 | 3656 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 30 | 4584 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 23 | 5625 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 26 | 5143 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 20 | 6341 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 13 | 8614 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 26 | 5247 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 19 | 6811 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 18 | 7073 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 17 | 7394 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 19 | 6592 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 18 | 6528 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 15 | 7391 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 10 | 9671 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 16 | 6698 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 15 | 6956 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 17 | 6208 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 17 | 5896 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 23 | 4636 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 20 | 5010 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 29 | 3723 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 27 | 3878 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 38 | 3038 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 34 | 3290 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 33 | 3343 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 51 | 2449 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 41 | 2799 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 39 | 2810 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 60 | 1986 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 29 | 3169 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 54 | 2003 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 48 | 2172 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 49 | 2050 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 54 | 1907 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 61 | 1786 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 61 | 1809 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 72 | 1605 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 67 | 1661 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 75 | 1502 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 99 | 1225 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 82 | 1316 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 92 | 1241 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 89 | 1226 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 83 | 1254 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 105 | 1084 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 133 | 957 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 115 | 1060 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 93 | 1153 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 113 | 978 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 114 | 951 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 137 | 856 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 155 | 792 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 171 | 797 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 151 | 852 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 162 | 823 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 185 | 769 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 183 | 755 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 207 | 696 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 243 | 628 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 215 | 670 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 249 | 604 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 239 | 596 | 5 | 3886 |
| 1954 | 247 | 568 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 243 | 560 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 274 | 510 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 238 | 546 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 262 | 497 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 258 | 504 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 267 | 498 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 262 | 511 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 263 | 482 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 221 | 485 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 243 | 460 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 234 | 483 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 250 | 466 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 274 | 416 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 271 | 416 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 235 | 438 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 232 | 442 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 295 | 376 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 329 | 345 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 335 | 349 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 327 | 346 | 7 | 2973 |
| 1933 | 331 | 341 | 6 | 3268 |
| 1932 | 364 | 334 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 357 | 338 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 387 | 331 | 5 | 4001 |
| 1929 | 387 | 329 | 6 | 3559 |
| 1928 | 390 | 339 | 5 | 4151 |
| 1927 | 350 | 365 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 395 | 332 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 388 | 341 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 352 | 366 | 5 | 4347 |
| 1923 | 349 | 355 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 350 | 347 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 354 | 349 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 348 | 352 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 341 | 349 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 354 | 349 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 287 | 374 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 302 | 354 | 5 | 3897 |
| 1915 | 287 | 352 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 202 | 374 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 183 | 359 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 188 | 331 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 138 | 336 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 133 | 343 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 108 | 347 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 124 | 316 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 103 | 343 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 96 | 341 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 102 | 334 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 102 | 321 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 92 | 322 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 85 | 344 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 80 | 342 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 94 | 341 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 70 | 354 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 72 | 368 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 62 | 371 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 63 | 365 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 70 | 342 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 60 | 359 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 49 | 386 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 51 | 373 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 46 | 365 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 57 | 337 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 62 | 307 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 60 | 308 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 32 | 378 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 54 | 283 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 44 | 303 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 36 | 326 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 24 | 375 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 36 | 294 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 33 | 277 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 21 | 352 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years