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Dot Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Dot?

In 2018 the rare name Dot, ranked the 10,723rd Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Dot is currently less popular.

Position 733, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1888.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1935 with 46 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Dot in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 2017.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Dot occurred roughly during the years 1912-1920, and 1956-1959, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1946-1949.

Sometimes the name Dot has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

The popularity trend for Dot has steadily increased for a while. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Dot has risen significantly.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Dot?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a low point.

The name Dot is mostly unused but will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

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   Dot (Girl)Dot (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 9 10,723 < 5 --
2017 < 5 -- < 5 --
2016 < 5 -- < 5 --
2015 < 5 -- < 5 --
2014 < 5 -- < 5 --
2013 < 5 -- < 5 --
2012 < 5 -- < 5 --
2011 < 5 -- < 5 --
2010 < 5 -- < 5 --
2009 < 5 -- < 5 --
2008 < 5 -- < 5 --
2007 < 5 -- < 5 --
2006 < 5 -- < 5 --
2005 < 5 -- < 5 --
2004 < 5 -- < 5 --
2003 < 5 -- < 5 --
2002 < 5 -- < 5 --
2001 < 5 -- < 5 --
2000 < 5 -- < 5 --
1999 < 5 -- < 5 --
1998 < 5 -- < 5 --
1997 < 5 -- < 5 --
1996 < 5 -- < 5 --
1995 < 5 -- < 5 --
1994 < 5 -- < 5 --
1993 < 5 -- < 5 --
1992 < 5 -- < 5 --
1991 < 5 -- < 5 --
1990 < 5 -- < 5 --
1989 < 5 -- < 5 --
1988 < 5 -- < 5 --
1987 < 5 -- < 5 --
1986 < 5 -- < 5 --
1985 < 5 -- < 5 --
1984 < 5 -- < 5 --
1983 < 5 -- < 5 --
1982 < 5 -- < 5 --
1981 < 5 -- < 5 --
1980 < 5 -- < 5 --
1979 < 5 -- < 5 --
1978 < 5 -- < 5 --
1977 < 5 -- < 5 --
1976 < 5 -- < 5 --
1975 < 5 -- < 5 --
1974 < 5 -- < 5 --
1973 < 5 -- < 5 --
1972 < 5 -- < 5 --
1971 < 5 -- < 5 --
1970 < 5 -- < 5 --
1969 < 5 -- < 5 --
1968 < 5 -- < 5 --
1967 < 5 -- < 5 --
1966 < 5 -- < 5 --
1965 < 5 -- < 5 --
1964 6 6,198 < 5 --
1963 7 5,466 < 5 --
1962 11 4,069 < 5 --
1961 11 4,075 < 5 --
1960 15 3,252 < 5 --
1959 17 2,898 < 5 --
1958 14 3,266 < 5 --
1957 12 3,526 < 5 --
1956 6 5,463 < 5 --
1955 < 5 -- < 5 --
1954 6 5,309 < 5 --
1953 5 5,901 < 5 --
1952 13 3,081 < 5 --
1951 6 4,995 < 5 --
1950 7 4,426 < 5 --
1949 10 3,446 < 5 --
1948 16 2,519 < 5 --
1947 14 2,802 < 5 --
1946 21 2,044 < 5 --
1945 20 1,893 < 5 --
1944 20 1,928 < 5 --
1943 15 2,368 < 5 --
1942 18 2,065 < 5 --
1941 29 1,453 < 5 --
1940 26 1,529 < 5 --
1939 29 1,381 < 5 --
1938 33 1,274 < 5 --
1937 32 1,287 < 5 --
1936 24 1,514 < 5 --
1935 46 1,020 < 5 --
1934 41 1,104 < 5 --
1933 45 1,039 < 5 --
1932 37 1,180 < 5 --
1931 45 1,048 < 5 --
1930 31 1,376 < 5 --
1929 33 1,316 < 5 --
1928 45 1,137 < 5 --
1927 37 1,309 5 4,356
1926 39 1,248 < 5 --
1925 27 1,619 5 4,373
1924 27 1,651 < 5 --
1923 33 1,400 < 5 --
1922 21 1,913 < 5 --
1921 30 1,521 5 4,514
1920 29 1,520 < 5 --
1919 22 1,762 < 5 --
1918 19 1,980 < 5 --
1917 20 1,791 < 5 --
1916 17 1,969 7 3,258
1915 13 2,290 < 5 --
1914 11 2,157 < 5 --
1913 10 2,065 < 5 --
1912 6 2,722 < 5 --
1911 < 5 -- < 5 --
1910 10 1,551 < 5 --
1909 6 2,024 < 5 --
1908 8 1,576 < 5 --
1907 9 1,418 < 5 --
1906 7 1,601 < 5 --
1905 5 2,018 < 5 --
1904 7 1,526 < 5 --
1903 5 1,863 < 5 --
1902 5 1,858 < 5 --
1901 10 1,084 < 5 --
1900 11 1,184 < 5 --
1899 < 5 -- < 5 --
1898 8 1,285 < 5 --
1897 7 1,291 < 5 --
1896 6 1,459 < 5 --
1895 8 1,218 < 5 --
1894 5 1,545 < 5 --
1893 9 1,033 < 5 --
1892 10 974 < 5 --
1891 7 1,126 < 5 --
1890 < 5 -- < 5 --
1889 10 853 < 5 --
1888 13 733 < 5 --
1887 5 1,186 < 5 --
1886 5 1,149 < 5 --
1885 < 5 -- < 5 --
1884 < 5 -- < 5 --
1883 6 847 < 5 --
1882 < 5 -- < 5 --
1881 < 5 -- < 5 --
1880 < 5 -- < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.