Dolly-Mae
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DOL-ee-MAY
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,416 for girls
Dolly-Mae is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “gift of God + May”. In 2025 it ranked 1,416th for girls in the UK (23 babies).
What does Dolly-Mae mean?
Modern: combination of Dolly and Mae
“gift of God + May”
A double-barrelled pairing of Dolly, a pet form of Dorothy, with Mae, a spelling of May.
Is Dolly-Mae a girl's or a boy's name?
Dolly-Mae is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dolly-Mae in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,416among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the UK were named Dolly-Mae, making it the 1,416th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Dolly-Mae of any year since it first appeared, in 2011.
Half of all the girls named Dolly-Mae in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 36 girls in the UK were given Dolly-Mae or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #920, up from #1,416 for this spelling alone.
- Dolly-Mae 23
- Dollie-Mae 10
- Dolly-May 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,362nd in England and Wales.
Dolly-Mae in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #1,416 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
Nicknames for Dolly-Mae
- Dolly 147 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Dolly-Mae
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Delilah Daphne Eden Elodie Ottilie Darcie Bonnie Daisy-Mae Orla Ivy-Rose Darcie-Rae Dorothy
Other spellings of Dolly-Mae
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dolly-Mae: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dolly-mae, updated 20 October 2026.