Meaning and history
Dolly is a diminutive of Dorothy; Doll and Dolly were used from the 16th century, and the common English word doll, meaning a plaything, is derived from them. In modern times, the name is also sometimes used as a diminutive of Dolores.
20062006: 19 births, rank #6,592
2007: 17 births, rank #7,394
2008: 18 births, rank #7,073
2009: 19 births, rank #6,811
2010: 26 births, rank #5,247
20112011: 13 births, rank #8,614
2012: 20 births, rank #6,341
2013: 26 births, rank #5,143
2014: 23 births, rank #5,625
2015: 30 births, rank #4,584
20162016: 42 births, rank #3,656
2017: 49 births, rank #3,247
2018: 53 births, rank #3,050
2019: 54 births, rank #3,002
2020: 61 births, rank #2,712
20212021: 87 births, rank #2,154
2022: 113 births, rank #1,807
2023: 129 births, rank #1,614
2024: 127 births, rank #1,630
20252025: 113 births, rank #1,777
Dolly rose from #979 to #959 for girls between 1968 and 1971. Its highest annual birth count came in 1926, with 395 births.