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Dolly

Rank in 2024
#1,628
Born in 2024
127
Peak year
1926 · #332
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
00.10.20.30.418801900192019401960198020002020
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 127 girls were named Dolly, about 1 in every 12,702.
  • It peaked in 1926 with 395 babies, ranked #332.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 20,479 girls have been named Dolly since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Dolly per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.3
    Greatest
  2. 0.3
    Silent
  3. 0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 6,193 babies, 0.30 per 1,000. Silent: 5,462 babies, 0.26 per 1,000. Boomers: 4,319 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,624 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Millennials: 708 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 283 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 794 babies, 0.04 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

  • A diminutive of the female given names Dorothy, Dolores, and Doris.
Origin
Not recorded
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From Wiktionary’s entry for Dolly, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyRising

    Della

    Rank
    #581
    Born '24
    518
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19172024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Dollie

    Rank
    #10,845
    Born '24
    9
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19212024