How common is the surname Dolly?

1,575 people in the United States had the surname Dolly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 196,029 Americans. It ranked 17,784th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Dolly getting more or less common?

More common. 1,355 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,575 in 2010, up 16%.

Is Dolly also a first name?

Yes. Dolly is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Dolly

A surname, carried by 1,575 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D400 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dolly is more common than 89% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,575 people named Dolly in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 196,029 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,355.

#17,784

rank among US surnames

1,575

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+16.2%

change since 2000 (was #18,724)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,775	Willner	1,576	195,905
#17,784	Mallari	1,575	196,029
#17,789	Lafortune	1,574	196,153

Who is named Dolly

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

78% of people named Dolly identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 16%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.0%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dolly

Dolly has the Soundex code D400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D400.

Questions

How common is the surname Dolly?: 1,575 people in the United States had the surname Dolly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 196,029 Americans. It ranked 17,784th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dolly?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Dolly identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Dolly getting more or less common?: More common. 1,355 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,575 in 2010, up 16%.
Is Dolly also a first name?: Yes. Dolly is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.