Dolly is an established girls' name that peaked in 1926 and has grown less common since.
Dolly is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,781 for girl births in the United States (and #3,257 across all names), given to 113 babies. Dolly first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1926 (395 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 113 | 113 | #1,781 | — |
| 2024 | 127 | 127 | #1,632 | — |
| 2023 | 129 | 129 | #1,617 | — |
| 2022 | 113 | 113 | #1,807 | — |
| 2021 | 87 | 87 | #2,157 | — |
| 2020 | 61 | 61 | #2,727 | — |
| 2019 | 54 | 54 | #3,015 | — |
| 2018 | 53 | 53 | #3,064 | — |
| 2017 | 49 | 49 | #3,259 | — |
| 2016 | 42 | 42 | #3,664 | — |
| 2015 | 30 | 30 | #4,625 | — |
| 2014 | 23 | 23 | #5,669 | — |
| 2013 | 26 | 26 | #5,181 | — |
| 2012 | 20 | 20 | #6,408 | — |
| 2011 | 13 | 13 | #8,767 | — |
| 2010 | 26 | 26 | #5,285 | — |
| 2009 | 19 | 19 | #6,885 | — |
| 2008 | 18 | 18 | #7,157 | — |
| 2007 | 17 | 17 | #7,483 | — |
| 2006 | 19 | 19 | #6,660 | — |
| 2005 | 18 | 18 | #6,617 | — |
| 2004 | 15 | 15 | #7,507 | — |
| 2003 | 10 | 10 | #9,871 | — |
| 2002 | 16 | 16 | #6,797 | — |
| 2001 | 15 | 15 | #7,062 | — |
| 2000 | 17 | 17 | #6,283 | — |
| 1999 | 17 | 17 | #5,994 | — |
| 1998 | 23 | 28 | #4,683 | — |
| 1997 | 20 | — | #5,078 | — |
| 1996 | 29 | — | #3,750 | — |
| 1995 | 27 | — | #3,908 | — |
| 1994 | 38 | — | #3,049 | — |
| 1993 | 34 | — | #3,309 | — |
| 1992 | 33 | — | #3,351 | — |
| 1991 | 51 | — | #2,459 | — |
| 1990 | 41 | — | #2,817 | — |
| 1989 | 39 | — | #2,827 | — |
| 1988 | 60 | — | #1,992 | — |
| 1987 | 29 | — | #3,197 | — |
| 1986 | 54 | — | #2,009 | — |
| 1985 | 48 | — | #2,183 | — |
| 1984 | 49 | — | #2,057 | — |
| 1983 | 54 | — | #1,918 | — |
| 1982 | 61 | — | #1,789 | — |
| 1981 | 61 | — | #1,814 | — |
| 1980 | 72 | — | #1,612 | — |
| 1979 | 67 | — | #1,667 | — |
| 1978 | 75 | — | #1,506 | — |
| 1977 | 99 | — | #1,227 | — |
| 1976 | 82 | — | #1,318 | — |
| 1975 | 92 | — | #1,242 | — |
| 1974 | 89 | — | #1,228 | — |
| 1973 | 83 | — | #1,256 | — |
| 1972 | 105 | — | #1,085 | — |
| 1971 | 133 | — | #959 | — |
| 1970 | 115 | — | #1,061 | — |
| 1969 | 93 | — | #1,155 | — |
| 1968 | 113 | — | #979 | — |
| 1967 | 114 | — | #953 | — |
| 1966 | 137 | — | #858 | — |
| 1965 | 155 | — | #793 | — |
| 1964 | 171 | — | #798 | — |
| 1963 | 151 | — | #852 | — |
| 1962 | 162 | — | #824 | — |
| 1961 | 185 | — | #772 | — |
| 1960 | 183 | — | #756 | — |
| 1959 | 207 | — | #696 | — |
| 1958 | 243 | — | #629 | — |
| 1957 | 215 | — | #670 | — |
| 1956 | 249 | — | #605 | — |
| 1955 | 244 | — | #597 | #4,007 |
| 1954 | 247 | — | #568 | — |
| 1953 | 243 | — | #560 | — |
| 1952 | 274 | — | #512 | — |
| 1951 | 238 | — | #546 | — |
| 1950 | 262 | — | #497 | — |
| 1949 | 258 | — | #504 | — |
| 1948 | 267 | — | #499 | — |
| 1947 | 262 | — | #513 | — |
| 1946 | 263 | — | #482 | — |
| 1945 | 221 | — | #485 | — |
| 1944 | 243 | — | #460 | — |
| 1943 | 234 | — | #483 | — |
| 1942 | 250 | — | #466 | — |
| 1941 | 274 | — | #416 | — |
| 1940 | 271 | — | #416 | — |
| 1939 | 235 | — | #438 | — |
| 1938 | 232 | — | #442 | — |
| 1937 | 295 | — | #376 | — |
| 1936 | 329 | — | #346 | — |
| 1935 | 335 | — | #349 | — |
| 1934 | 334 | — | #346 | #3,051 |
| 1933 | 337 | — | #341 | #3,360 |
| 1932 | 364 | — | #334 | — |
| 1931 | 357 | — | #338 | — |
| 1930 | 392 | — | #331 | #4,140 |
| 1929 | 393 | — | #329 | #3,660 |
| 1928 | 395 | — | #339 | #4,296 |
| 1927 | 350 | — | #366 | — |
| 1926 | 395 | — | #332 | — |
| 1925 | 388 | — | #341 | — |
| 1924 | 357 | — | #366 | #4,505 |
| 1923 | 349 | — | #355 | — |
| 1922 | 350 | — | #348 | — |
| 1921 | 354 | — | #349 | — |
| 1920 | 348 | — | #352 | — |
| 1919 | 341 | — | #349 | — |
| 1918 | 354 | — | #349 | — |
| 1917 | 287 | — | #374 | — |
| 1916 | 307 | — | #354 | #4,069 |
| 1915 | 287 | — | #352 | — |
| 1914 | 202 | — | #375 | — |
| 1913 | 183 | — | #360 | — |
| 1912 | 188 | — | #331 | — |
| 1911 | 138 | — | #337 | — |
| 1910 | 133 | — | #343 | — |
| 1909 | 108 | — | #348 | — |
| 1908 | 124 | — | #316 | — |
| 1907 | 103 | — | #346 | — |
| 1906 | 96 | — | #341 | — |
| 1905 | 102 | — | #334 | — |
| 1904 | 102 | — | #321 | — |
| 1903 | 92 | — | #322 | — |
| 1902 | 85 | — | #344 | — |
| 1901 | 80 | — | #342 | — |
| 1900 | 94 | — | #341 | — |
| 1899 | 70 | — | #354 | — |
| 1898 | 72 | — | #369 | — |
| 1897 | 62 | — | #371 | — |
| 1896 | 63 | — | #366 | — |
| 1895 | 70 | — | #343 | — |
| 1894 | 60 | — | #359 | — |
| 1893 | 49 | — | #386 | — |
| 1892 | 51 | — | #373 | — |
| 1891 | 46 | — | #366 | — |
| 1890 | 57 | — | #338 | — |
| 1889 | 62 | — | #308 | — |
| 1888 | 60 | — | #308 | — |
| 1887 | 32 | — | #380 | — |
| 1886 | 54 | — | #283 | — |
| 1885 | 44 | — | #303 | — |
| 1884 | 36 | — | #328 | — |
| 1883 | 24 | — | #376 | — |
| 1882 | 36 | — | #294 | — |
| 1881 | 33 | — | #277 | — |
| 1880 | 21 | — | #355 | — |