Dolly

girls:

20.4k births since 1880

#1021 (82nd percentile)

boys:

44 births since 1916

#4542 (1st percentile)

overall:

20.4k births since 1880

#1796 (77th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dolly".

1880 2023 18802023

Key Statistics

Total Births
20,350
Peak Births
395
Peak Year
1926
First Recorded
1880
Peak Percentile
48.8%
Current Percentile
13.0%
Peak Rank
#189
Current Rank
#824
Female statistics
Total Births
44
Peak Births
7
Peak Year
1934
First Recorded
1916
Peak Percentile
0.4%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#502
Current Rank
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Dolly

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Dolly. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 85.7% confident that Dolly is pronounced as DAH-lee. The next most likely pronunciation is DAW-lee, at 14.3% confidence.

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DAH-lee (2 syllables)
Verified
85.7% confidence
D AA1 L IY0
DAW-lee (2 syllables)
14.3% confidence
D AO1 L IY0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Dolly. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Dolly, please vote using the thumbs up button.

DA-lee (2 syllables)
5 names 1.5k births
D AE1 L IY0
deh-lah-lee (3 syllables)
1 name 34 births
D EH0 L AA0 L IY0

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like D AA1 L IY0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.