# Dolly (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dolly/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 20,636 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 44 / 20,592 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,390, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 8,767 |
| 2012 | 20 | 6,408 |
| 2013 | 26 | 5,181 |
| 2014 | 23 | 5,669 |
| 2015 | 30 | 4,625 |
| 2016 | 42 | 3,664 |
| 2017 | 49 | 3,259 |
| 2018 | 53 | 3,064 |
| 2019 | 54 | 3,015 |
| 2020 | 61 | 2,727 |
| 2021 | 87 | 2,157 |
| 2022 | 113 | 1,807 |
| 2023 | 129 | 1,617 |
| 2024 | 127 | 1,632 |
| 2025 | 113 | 1,781 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1916 | 5 | 4,069 |
| 1924 | 5 | 4,505 |
| 1928 | 5 | 4,296 |
| 1929 | 6 | 3,660 |
| 1930 | 5 | 4,140 |
| 1933 | 6 | 3,360 |
| 1934 | 7 | 3,051 |
| 1955 | 5 | 4,007 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 57 | 681 |
| 2012 | 93 | 479 |
| 2013 | 171 | 276 |
| 2014 | 187 | 260 |
| 2015 | 194 | 258 |
| 2016 | 159 | 310 |
| 2017 | 160 | 305 |
| 2018 | 157 | 303 |
| 2019 | 164 | 295 |
| 2020 | 142 | 320 |
| 2021 | 148 | 318 |
| 2022 | 122 | 351 |
| 2023 | 135 | 327 |
| 2024 | 127 | 341 |
| 2025 | 144 | 304 |

## People named Dolly

- Dolly Parton, American singer-songwriter (1946–2026)
- Dolly Haas, German-born actress and singer (1910-1994)
- Dolly Wells, British actress
- Dolly Alderton, British journalist, author and podcaster (born 1988)
- Dolly Anwar, Bangladeshi actress (1948-1991)
- Dolly Davis, French actress (1896-1962)
- Dolly Menga, Angolan footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.