Dodie

Peak · girls
1963 · 79 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,258
since 1920

Dodie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Dodie has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank192019401960198020002020peak #1,233, 1963girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1987#11,3255
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1985#10,6775
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1983#6,7059
1982#5,20913
1981#5,25413
1980#4,51716
1979#4,23117
1978#3,09825
1977#3,17624
1976#3,67818
1975#2,96924
1974#2,21336
1973#1,71452
1972#1,40470
1971#1,24489
1970#1,33079
1969#2,58526
1968#2,53824
1967#2,11731
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1965#1,59549
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1963#1,23379
1962#1,54053
1961#1,34369
1960#1,54252
1959#1,67243
1958#1,57846
1957#1,86934
1956#2,82617
1955#2,34122
1954#2,51919
1953#2,92114
1952#4,4837
1951#3,48210
1950#2,78114
1949#4,6736
1948#3,13711
1947#2,89813
1946#3,9947
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First appearance
1920

The first year at least five girls were named Dodie! It came in at #4,975, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1920–1940, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Dodie is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Dodie in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Dodie
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1987
Rise & fade · girls
43 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1920
  • Peaked 1963 at #1,233 (79 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 18,695
  • Highest: 1 in 18,695 girls born in 1971 were named Dodie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 347,726 girls born in 1987 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,233 in 1963, was only 1 in 24,399 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 36.9% of all girls named Dodie (464) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s5#4,975 (1920)#4,975
1930s10#4,218 (1933)#4,237
1940s58#2,898 (1947)#3,703
1950s226#1,578 (1958)#2,647
1960s464#1,233 (1963)#1,820
1970s434#1,244 (1971)#2,506
1980s61#4,517 (1980)#7,281

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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