Dodie
Dodi, Dodie, or Dody is a given name of various origins, used for both men and women. When used as a feminine name, it may be a diminutive for Dolores or Dorothy.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Dodie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dodi, Dodie, or Dody is a given name of various origins, used for both men and women. When used as a feminine name, it may be a diminutive for Dolores or Dorothy.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Dodie
The earliest SSA record of Dodie as a baby girl name dates back to 1920, when 5 babies received it. 1971 was its biggest year on record, with 89 newborns named Dodie — #1,244 in the national rankings. About 37% of every Dodie on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Dodie last appeared in the published SSA data in 1987, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Dodie
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Dodie. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Dodie
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About the name Dodie
Dodie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1920 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Dodie's peak popularity came in 1971 when it ranked #1,244. Use the chart and map above to compare Dodie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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