Dossie
The Story of Dossie
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Dossie as a girl name dates back to 1881, when 6 babies received it. 1915 was its biggest year on record, with 21 newborns named Dossie — #1,622 in the national rankings. About 25% of every Dossie on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Dossie last appeared in the published SSA data in 1960, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 568 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Dossie as a boy name dates back to 1891, when 5 babies received it. 1927 was its biggest year on record, with 18 newborns named Dossie — #1,871 in the national rankings. About 26% of every Dossie on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Dossie last appeared in the published SSA data in 1972, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 466 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Dossie
Dossie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1881 and has accumulated 568 births in the dataset. Dossie's peak popularity came in 1915 when it ranked #1,622. Use the chart and map above to compare Dossie'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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