Dovie
#4,546 for girls in 2025, 30 births · Last seen for boys in 1935 at #3,645
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1891 · 96 births
- Debut · girls
- 30 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,076since 1880
Dovie over time
Rank among girls' names. Dovie has never cracked the top 200 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,546 | 30 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,669 | 29 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,390 | 23 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,028 | 26 | — | |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | — | |
| 2020 | #7,559 | 14 | — | |
| 2019 | #6,414 | 18 | — | |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | — | |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 | — | |
| 2016 | #6,901 | 17 | — | |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | — | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | — | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | — | |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | — | |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | — | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | — | |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | — | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | — | |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | — | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | — | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | — | |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | — | |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 | — | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | — | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,853 | 20 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,543 | 17 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,311 | 19 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,199 | 18 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,963 | 18 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,308 | 27 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,293 | 27 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,947 | 37 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,981 | 35 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,708 | 44 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,580 | 51 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,432 | 24 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,794 | 38 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,679 | 41 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,728 | 39 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,931 | 31 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,641 | 39 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,481 | 46 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,358 | 51 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,420 | 47 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,396 | 45 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,375 | 44 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,236 | 54 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,209 | 56 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,106 | 65 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,032 | 67 | — | |
| 1945 | #941 | 66 | — | |
| 1944 | #964 | 65 | — | |
| 1943 | #902 | 74 | — | |
| 1942 | #968 | 65 | — | |
| 1941 | #911 | 65 | — | |
| 1940 | #752 | 85 | — | |
| 1939 | #790 | 75 | — | |
| 1938 | #764 | 83 | — | |
| 1937 | #746 | 83 | — | |
| 1936 | #733 | 82 | — | |
| 1935 | #688 | 94 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #621 | 114 | — | |
| 1933 | #575 | 124 | — | |
| 1932 | #580 | 128 | — | |
| 1931 | #609 | 118 | — | |
| 1930 | #583 | 137 | — | |
| 1929 | #666 | 110 | — | |
| 1928 | #588 | 143 | — | |
| 1927 | #588 | 144 | — | |
| 1926 | #581 | 149 | — | |
| 1925 | #599 | 146 | — | |
| 1924 | #574 | 162 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #524 | 181 | — | |
| 1922 | #509 | 187 | — | |
| 1921 | #488 | 201 | — | |
| 1920 | #494 | 194 | — | |
| 1919 | #462 | 206 | — | |
| 1918 | #487 | 194 | — | |
| 1917 | #414 | 235 | — | |
| 1916 | #484 | 175 | — | |
| 1915 | #434 | 197 | — | |
| 1914 | #392 | 182 | — | |
| 1913 | #392 | 153 | — | |
| 1912 | #346 | 175 | — | |
| 1911 | #360 | 122 | — | |
| 1910 | #365 | 115 | — | |
| 1909 | #337 | 114 | — | |
| 1908 | #307 | 132 | — | |
| 1907 | #304 | 133 | — | |
| 1906 | #294 | 125 | — | |
| 1905 | #278 | 141 | — | |
| 1904 | #277 | 129 | — | |
| 1903 | #273 | 129 | — | |
| 1902 | #302 | 109 | — | |
| 1901 | #309 | 94 | — | |
| 1900 | #263 | 154 | — | |
| 1899 | #321 | 87 | — | |
| 1898 | #271 | 124 | — | |
| 1897 | #298 | 95 | — | |
| 1896 | #312 | 86 | — | |
| 1895 | #298 | 93 | — | |
| 1894 | #271 | 104 | — | |
| 1893 | #307 | 79 | — | |
| 1892 | #284 | 89 | — | |
| 1891 | #247 | 96 | — | |
| 1890 | #269 | 86 | — | |
| 1889 | #307 | 62 | — | |
| 1888 | #296 | 63 | — | |
| 1887 | #290 | 54 | — | |
| 1886 | #290 | 50 | — | |
| 1885 | #317 | 41 | — | |
| 1884 | #260 | 56 | — | |
| 1883 | #278 | 40 | — | |
| 1882 | #317 | 31 | — | |
| 1881 | #283 | 31 | — | |
| 1880 | #282 | 30 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Dovie was already there! It came in at #282, and was given to 30 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1988–1989, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Dovie is popular in 1936
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#274 · 1 in 1,816
- Arkansas#324 · 1 in 2,162
- Tennessee#370 · 1 in 3,773
- Kentucky#384 · 1 in 3,676
- Alabama#397 · 1 in 4,050
Best ever in a state: #127 in Oklahoma, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #274 | 11 | 1 in 1,816 |
| Arkansas | #324 | 8 | 1 in 2,162 |
| Tennessee | #370 | 7 | 1 in 3,773 |
| Kentucky | #384 | 7 | 1 in 3,676 |
| Alabama | #397 | 7 | 1 in 4,050 |
| Georgia | #436 | 6 | 1 in 4,895 |
| Texas | #531 | 12 | 1 in 4,574 |
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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 Dovie
- 123 spots since 2024 (#4,669 → #4,546)
- 3,013 spots since 2020 (#7,559 → #4,546)
- 7,289 spots since 2015 (#11,835 → #4,546)
- Biggest jump: 83 spots in 1930 (#666 → #583)
- Biggest drop: 159 spots in 1941 (#752 → #911)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1891 at #247 (96 births)
- Births halved by 1950, 59 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 66 yrs · run 1880–1945
- Highest: 1 in 1,932 girls born in 1891 were named Dovie (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 53,576 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 19.3% of all girls named Dovie (1,754) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 458 | #260 (1884) | #292 |
| 1890s | 939 | #247 (1891) | #288 |
| 1900s | 1,260 | #263 (1900) | #294 |
| 1910s | 1,754 | #346 (1912) | #414 |
| 1920s | 1,617 | #488 (1921) | #561 |
| 1930s | 1,038 | #575 (1933) | #669 |
| 1940s | 662 | #752 (1940) | #1,002 |
| 1950s | 421 | #1,358 (1953) | #1,580 |
| 1960s | 298 | #1,580 (1961) | #2,358 |
| 1970s | 151 | #3,311 (1970) | #4,196 |
| 1980s | 105 | #3,853 (1980) | #6,405 |
| 1990s | 83 | #6,465 (1990) | #10,233 |
| 2000s | 57 | #9,163 (2000) | #11,847 |
| 2010s | 101 | #6,414 (2019) | #10,863 |
| 2020s | 132 | #4,546 (2025) | #6,126 |
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.
Dovie in 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 12,688 of them was named Dovie, which outranked 84.9% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #728Jolene83
- #728Katheryn83
- #728Lavina83
- #733Dovie82
- #733Jeraldine82
- #733Linnie82
- #733Margarette82
- #739Barbra81
- #739Crystal81
- #739Hallie81
Tied with 5 names at #733; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.