How Many People Are Named Dolly?
people named Dolly are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 40,927 people in the US has this name
Based on 20,636 babies named Dolly in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
395 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of DOROTHY. Doll and Dolly were used from the 16th century, and the common English word doll (for the plaything) is derived from them. In modern times this name is also sometimes used as a diminutive of DOLORES.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Dolly in English. Counting Dolly and these spellings together, about 12,582 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Dolly (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dolly alive today is about 59 years old, and 61% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 48 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dolly first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1926, to 395 babies. In 2025, 113 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Dolly has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #277, in 1881. In 2025 it ranked #1,781.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,781 |
| Best rank | #277 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #347 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dolly alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dolly were born in California than in any other state: about 735 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dolly was given 3.8 times as often in West Virginia, 2.3 times in Virginia and 2.1 times in Kentucky.
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