girls:
568 births since 1881
#5148 (10th percentile)
boys:
466 births since 1891
#4120 (10th percentile)
overall:
1k births since 1881
#6705 (13th percentile)
The name Dossie is the #6,705 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,034 recorded births since 1881. This represents the 13.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,148 (9.9% percentile) for all time with 568 births since 1881. For boys, it ranks #4,120 (10.1% percentile) for all time with 466 births since 1891.
Dossie first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1881 (1881 for girls and 1891 for boys). Birth data for Dossie is available in 70 out of the 92 years between 1881 and 1972 (57 years for girls and 53 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Dossie is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 1972, 100.0% of babies named Dossie were boys. Interestingly, until around 1943, the name was more popular for girls (59.2% girls from 1881 to 1942), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (76.6% boys from 1943 to 1972).
For girls, Dossie reached its peak popularity in 1915, achieving the 2.9% percentile (ranked #543) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 1881, with 61 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1960.
For boys, Dossie reached its peak popularity in 1927, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #526) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 1896, with 46 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1972.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dossie".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Dossie. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 76.3% confident that Dossie is pronounced as DAW-see, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DAH-see, at 23.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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