Dossie
Last seen for girls in 1960 at #6,390 · Last seen for boys in 1972 at #4,441
Given to girls 54.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 6 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 568since 1881
Dossie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
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| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | — | #3,619 | 6 | |
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| 1956 | — | #3,535 | 6 | |
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| 1954 | — | #3,176 | 7 | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,364 | 6 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,681 | 5 | |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | — | |
| 1948 | — | #2,788 | 8 | |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #2,271 | 11 |
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| 1944 | — | #3,109 | 6 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,563 | 9 | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 | #2,491 | 9 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | #2,680 | 8 |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | #2,452 | 9 |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #2,540 | 11 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1931 | #2,105 | 15 | #2,328 | 11 |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 | #1,964 | 15 |
| 1929 | #2,301 | 14 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | #2,381 | 14 | #2,387 | 12 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #1,871 | 18 |
| 1926 | #2,474 | 14 | #2,725 | 10 |
| 1925 | #2,018 | 19 | #2,435 | 12 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1923 | #2,587 | 13 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #1,957 | 20 | #2,486 | 12 |
| 1921 | #2,633 | 13 | #2,376 | 13 |
| 1920 | #2,172 | 17 | #2,231 | 14 |
| 1919 | #1,921 | 19 | #2,385 | 12 |
| 1918 | #2,102 | 17 | #2,165 | 14 |
| 1917 | #1,847 | 19 | #2,188 | 13 |
| 1916 | #2,028 | 16 | #2,259 | 12 |
| 1915 | #1,622 | 21 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #1,818 | 14 | #2,101 | 10 |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 | #1,885 | 8 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | #1,521 | 10 | — | |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #1,093 | 12 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,092 | 11 | — | |
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
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| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | #982 | 6 |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,237 | 7 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,277 | 6 | — | |
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
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| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,036 | 7 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 | — | |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 | — | |
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| 1881 | #740 | 6 | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Dossie! It came in at #740, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1884, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Dossie is popular in 1896
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Dossie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1960
- Biggest drop: 187 spots in 1886 (#921 → #1,108)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1881 at #740 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1881–1885
- Highest: 1 in 15,325 girls born in 1881 were named Dossie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 404,388 girls born in 1960 (0.00%)
- 25.4% of all girls named Dossie (144) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1971, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 31 | #740 (1881) | #966 |
| 1890s | 34 | #1,237 (1894) | #1,464 |
| 1900s | 64 | #1,092 (1904) | #1,512 |
| 1910s | 143 | #1,521 (1910) | #1,881 |
| 1920s | 144 | #1,957 (1922) | #2,472 |
| 1930s | 96 | #2,105 (1931) | #2,969 |
| 1940s | 46 | #2,668 (1941) | #3,862 |
| 1950s | 5 | #5,673 (1953) | #5,673 |
| 1960s | 5 | #6,390 (1960) | #6,390 |
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.
Dossie in 1896
Top girls' names in 1896
Top boys' names in 1896
More about 1896
girls
237,918 girls got a published name in 1896; 1 in 47,584 of them was named Dossie, which outranked 13.3% of the 1,825 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 242 names at #1,583; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
119,565 boys got a published name in 1896; 1 in 19,928 of them was named Dossie, which outranked 22.4% of the 1,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).