Dosia

Girls' name

Diminutive of Teodozja

Dosia has been given to 61 babies in the U.S. since 1885. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1900, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Dosia, 1932

1 in 422,000

Dosia over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Dosia: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Teodozja

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Dosia means

Dosia is a diminutive of Teodozja.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Dosia is used in Polish.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Dosia → Teodozja → Theodosia → Θεοδοσία. The family’s meaning is “god + given”, recorded in Ancient Greek with the source elements θεός and δοτός.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Teodozja.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 61 girls were recorded with the name Dosia between 1885 and 1932. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1900; its best national rank was #954 in 1885.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Dosia?

Dosia had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1932, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1932: 1 in 422,000; 5 of 2,111,250 births
Among girls only: 1 in 213,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1932: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 292,683 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Dosia sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1932 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 292,683 children born in 1932 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dosia. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Dosias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Dosia was born before 1913 — so the typical Dosia is around 112 today.

Median birth year: 1913; About 112 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 29.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 54.1%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 29.5% of all recorded uses (18).

Is Dosia rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1900 (7)
Years since peak: 125; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 22.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #954; 1885

Spellings of Dosia

Dosia is not the most common spelling — Donna is, with 36.8% against Dosia's <0.01%.

Donna36.8%831,641
Doris20.4%462,548
Sofia8.3%186,744
Rosa7.8%177,415
Dora4.7%105,930
Rosie3.8%85,556
Josie3.3%75,370
Sonia3.0%66,747

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Dosia by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #954; 1885
Peak year: 1900; 7 that year
First recorded: 1885
Last recorded: 1932
All-time count: 61
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Dosia

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Assia Dosie Isia Nysia Jaasia Aisia Kessia Dosha Desia Daesia Nasia Measia Kalasia Syasia Zosia Trisia Stassia Quasia Neasia Krysia Lyasia Jasia Kaleesia Anisia

Sibling names for Dosia

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Hulda Meta Bess Golda Lulu Maud Maude Lauretta

For a brother

Dewey Gustave Waldo Orrin Will Winfield Isadore Aloysius

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