Name profile

Dottie

This name is a diminutive of Dorothy.

PronunciationAmerican English /ˈdɑt.i/; British English /ˈdɒt.i/
Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2025)#1,382

Meaning and history

Dottie is a diminutive form of Dorothy.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 8 births, rank #12,420
2007: 8 births, rank #12,676
2008: 13 births, rank #8,965
2009: 17 births, rank #7,341
2010: 11 births, rank #9,790
20112011: 12 births, rank #9,150
2012: 20 births, rank #6,341
2013: 32 births, rank #4,422
2014: 38 births, rank #3,925
2015: 40 births, rank #3,767
20162016: 36 births, rank #4,083
2017: 40 births, rank #3,769
2018: 59 births, rank #2,841
2019: 65 births, rank #2,651
2020: 77 births, rank #2,302
20212021: 95 births, rank #2,024
2022: 130 births, rank #1,621
2023: 147 births, rank #1,482
2024: 160 births, rank #1,398
20252025: 158 births, rank #1,382

Dottie rose from #975 to #913 for girls between 1963 and 1964. Its highest annual birth count came in 1943, with 278 births.