Is Dossie a boy or girl name?

Dossie is a unisex name. Of the 1,034 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 54.9% were girls and 45.1% were boys. It changed hands in 1933, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Dossie

Recorded 1881–1972 · United States

Dossie was most popular in 1917, when 32 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,381 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,034 people named Dossie.

Dossie over time

Births per year. The dot marks Dossie’s peak in 1917. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Dossie a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Dossie is a unisex name — 54.9% of the 1,034 Americans given it were girls and 45.1% were boys. It changed hands: since 1933 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org