Dovie
Dovie is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 29 births. Its best rank was 248th, in 1891.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 290.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1917235 births
- Best rank
- #248in 1891
- Since 1880
- 9,046people given the name
The story in the numbers
9,046 girls have been named Dovie in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1917, with 235 births.
The name has all but left use: 29 births in 2024, against 235 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1920, and the 1910s alone account for 19%. It has spent 66 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Dovie | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 458 | |
| 1890s | 939 | |
| 1900s | 1,260 | |
| 1910s | 1,754 | |
| 1920s | 1,617 | |
| 1930s | 1,038 | |
| 1940s | 662 | |
| 1950s | 421 | |
| 1960s | 298 | |
| 1970s | 151 | |
| 1980s | 105 | |
| 1990s | 83 | |
| 2000s | 57 | |
| 2010s | 101 | |
| 2020s | 102 |
In 1917, its biggest year
Dovie was the 415th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1917 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1917.
Names that rose and fell with Dovie
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Gussiepeak 1918
- Lelapeak 1921
- Dessiepeak 1918
- Maepeak 1918
- Alphapeak 1916
- Lenniepeak 1915
- Olapeak 1921
- Ludiepeak 1916
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.