# Dotty (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dotty/  
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 | 1,693 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,693 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 496, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 8 | 5,581 |
| 1970 | 9 | 5,501 |
| 1971 | 5 | 8,682 |
| 1974 | 7 | 7,101 |
| 1975 | 5 | 9,464 |
| 1978 | 5 | 10,183 |
| 1979 | 10 | 6,325 |
| 1981 | 7 | 8,356 |
| 2007 | 5 | 18,413 |
| 2015 | 5 | 17,188 |
| 2021 | 5 | 15,887 |
| 2022 | 5 | 15,958 |
| 2023 | 6 | 13,898 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12,518 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12,249 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,636 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,717 |
| 2013 | 23 | 1,400 |
| 2014 | 25 | 1,299 |
| 2015 | 26 | 1,279 |
| 2016 | 17 | 1,749 |
| 2017 | 57 | 715 |
| 2018 | 63 | 641 |
| 2019 | 47 | 796 |
| 2020 | 36 | 955 |
| 2021 | 38 | 918 |
| 2022 | 35 | 982 |
| 2023 | 41 | 865 |
| 2024 | 33 | 1,036 |
| 2025 | 27 | 1,197 |

## 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.