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Dollie

Gender
Girl
Say it
DOL-ee
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#698 for girls
US rank, 2025
#7,883 for girls

Dollie is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “gift of God”. In 2025 it ranked 698th for girls in the UK (58 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).

What does Dollie mean?

Greek: spelling of Dolly, a pet form of Dorothy

“gift of God”

A spelling of Dolly, which began as a pet form of Dorothy.

Is Dollie a girl's or a boy's name?

Dollie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 58 girls in the UK and 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Dollie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#698among girls
Babies in 2025
58about 1 in 4,800 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 18% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 58 girls in the UK were named Dollie, making it the 698th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 910th.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Dollie of any year since it first appeared, in 2005.

Half of all the girls named Dollie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 205 girls in the UK were given Dollie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #262, up from #698 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 676th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.

2005Busiest: 58 in 20252025
Dollie in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202558#698
202454#749
202345#856
202233#1,091
202142#906
202042#910
201942#926
201849#832
201742#957
201645#901
201533#1,132
201448#866
201335#1,096
201220#1,615
201115#1,917
20108#2,992
20099#2,695
20085#4,065
20077#3,060
20060–
20053#4,976

How popular is Dollie in the US?

Rank in 2025
#7,883among girls
Babies in 2025
13about 1 in 120,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Dollie, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 454 girls.

Half of all the girls named Dollie in the US since 1880 were born between 1911 and 1939, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 126 girls in the US were given Dollie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,439, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 454 in 19212025
Dollie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202513#7,883
20249#10,266
202313#8,050
202211#9,050
202117#6,686
202011#8,948
20197#12,442
20187#12,459
20176#14,120
20160–
20155#16,413
20145#16,507
20138#11,964
20128#12,193
20117#13,339
20100–
20090–
20080–
20070–
20060–
20050–
20040–
20035#15,777
20020–
20010–
20000–
19990–
199810#8,579
19979#9,012
19960–
19957#10,509
19940–
19939#8,712
199211#7,504
199115#5,943
199012#6,861
198910#7,443
198814#5,593
198712#5,918
198613#5,456
198519#4,125
198418#4,165
198325#3,241
198222#3,646
198129#2,986
198032#2,800
197919#3,902
197819#3,777
197724#3,175
197628#2,727
197534#2,357
197435#2,254
197335#2,223
197238#2,057
197137#2,175
197045#1,904
196943#1,897
196836#1,999
196748#1,640
196645#1,669
196564#1,379
196473#1,311
196354#1,522
196277#1,258
196186#1,192
1960100#1,072
1959100#1,065
1958112#980
1957123#923
1956123#902
1955115#915
1954134#811
1953147#751
1952173#673
1951143#727
1950171#651
1949163#649
1948192#602
1947192#609
1946210#545
1945190#529
1944223#478
1943210#513
1942231#488
1941209#484
1940214#457
1939251#427
1938240#432
1937258#401
1936275#383
1935279#379
1934297#366
1933277#388
1932294#381
1931289#380
1930368#339
1929337#360
1928349#367
1927377#344
1926349#357
1925424#324
1924380#350
1923410#320
1922416#318
1921454#305
1920395#326
1919404#313
1918415#314
1917386#314
1916404#299
1915369#304
1914306#299
1913258#295
1912272#273
1911196#277
1910278#229
1909200#252
1908187#255
1907202#232
1906184#235
1905200#221
1904191#219
1903193#218
1902176#226
1901169#219
1900205#218
1899148#224
1898181#213
1897176#206
1896167#214
1895157#217
1894166#207
1893152#206
1892144#213
1891125#211
1890130#211
1889130#203
1888133#194
1887103#200
1886136#168
1885110#174
188493#191
1883100#167
188299#161
188190#151
188069#180

Names like Dollie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Dottie Lottie Effie Nellie Elsie Georgie Rosie Annie Winnie Frankie Hattie Florence

Other spellings of Dollie

Dolly

Names related to Dollie

Dallie

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Dollie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dollie, updated 20 October 2026.