Dot
#8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births · Last seen for boys in 1927 at #4,210
Given to girls 98.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1888 · 13 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,370since 1883
Dot over time
Rank among girls' names. Dot has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,860 | 11 | — | |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | — | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | — | |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | — | |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | — | |
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| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,980 | 16 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,085 | 15 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | — | |
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | — | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | — | |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,491 | 16 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,769 | 14 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,024 | 21 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,874 | 20 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,916 | 20 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,352 | 15 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,046 | 18 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,446 | 29 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,518 | 26 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,378 | 29 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,268 | 33 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,282 | 32 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,507 | 24 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,018 | 46 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,098 | 41 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,038 | 45 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,176 | 37 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,043 | 45 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,371 | 31 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,306 | 33 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,136 | 45 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,303 | 37 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #1,243 | 39 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,609 | 27 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #1,643 | 27 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,388 | 33 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,897 | 21 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,514 | 30 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #1,511 | 29 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,745 | 22 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,963 | 19 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,773 | 20 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,949 | 17 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | #2,255 | 13 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,125 | 11 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | — | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | #1,521 | 10 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,547 | 8 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,067 | 10 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,171 | 11 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,023 | 9 | — | |
| 1892 | #958 | 10 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 | — | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | #839 | 10 | — | |
| 1888 | #724 | 13 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | #817 | 6 | — | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Dot! It came in at #817, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1887, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Dot is popular in 1935
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#339 · 1 in 2,926
- Mississippi#467 · 1 in 4,413
- Texas#883 · 1 in 11,351
Best ever in a state: #339 in Alabama, 1935.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #339 | 10 | 1 in 2,926 |
| Mississippi | #467 | 5 | 1 in 4,413 |
| Texas | #883 | 5 | 1 in 11,351 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Dot
- 2,262 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #8,860)
- 3,282 spots since 2020 (#12,142 → #8,860)
- Biggest jump: 423 spots in 1888 (#1,147 → #724)
- Biggest drop: 115 spots in 1889 (#724 → #839)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1888 at #724 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1890, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1888–1889
- Highest: 1 in 13,740 girls born in 1888 were named Dot (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 146,115 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 26.5% of all girls named Dot (363) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 39 | #724 (1888) | #927 |
| 1890s | 60 | #958 (1892) | #1,213 |
| 1900s | 73 | #1,067 (1901) | #1,568 |
| 1910s | 128 | #1,521 (1910) | #2,000 |
| 1920s | 321 | #1,136 (1928) | #1,455 |
| 1930s | 363 | #1,018 (1935) | #1,218 |
| 1940s | 189 | #1,446 (1941) | #2,183 |
| 1950s | 86 | #2,980 (1959) | #4,210 |
| 1960s | 50 | #3,212 (1960) | #4,507 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 15 | #10,545 (2018) | #12,172 |
| 2020s | 46 | #8,860 (2025) | #12,042 |
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.
Dot in 1935
Top girls' names in 1935
More about 1935
girls
1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 22,795 of them was named Dot, which outranked 79.2% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,004Romona47
- #1,004Rosaline47
- #1,004Vickie47
- #1,018Dot46
- #1,018Charity46
- #1,018Clarissa46
- #1,018Earl46
- #1,031Alexandra45
- #1,031Erlene45
- #1,031Josefa45
Tied with 12 names at #1,018; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 2,736Norita#3,449 → #713
- ↑ 1,073Shelby#1,913 → #840
- ↑ 672Darla#1,344 → #672
- ↑ 396Shirleyann#1,292 → #896
- ↑ 375Loris#1,236 → #861
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.