Huge List of American Girl of the Year Dolls and Hobbies

We put together a huge list of American Girl’s Girl of the Year dolls and their hobbies. Currently, there are 20 Girl of the Year (GOTY) dolls from American Girl. Some dolls might appear in multiple areas if they have more than one hobby that shows up in their books. There’s certainly a lot of hobbies represented — nature lovers, sports, arts, and science. Is there a hobby you would like to see in a Girl of the Year? Or that you think is underrepresented?

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Nature Loving Dolls

Whether it’s a love of plants or animals, these dolls have a knack for caring for other living things.

• Kira Bailey (2021) — Kira helps care for animals in an animal sanctuary in Australia.
• Blaire Wilson (2019) — Blaire cares for animals on her family farm and enjoys gardening.
• Lea Clark (2016) — Lea spends time in the Amazon Rainforest protecting animals from poachers.
• Saige Copeland (2013) — Saige loves riding her horse, Picasso.
• Kanani Akina (2011) — Kanani wants to help save endangered wildlife in her home state of Hawaii.
• Lanie Holland (2010) — Lanie is an aspiring scientist and loves learning about nature.
• Nicki Fleming (2007) — Nicky lives on her family ranch where she rides horses and helped raise a service dog.
• Jess McConnell (2006) — Jess goes on a trip with her archeologist parents to Belize where she explores ruins and befriends a monkey and a parrot.
• Kailey Hopkins (2003) — Kailey loves surfing in the ocean and advocates to save tide pools from destruction.
• Lindsey Bergman (2001) – Lindsey loves animals and advocates for the dignity of all animals.

Athletic Dolls

Lots of athletes in the Girl of the Year doll collection. Note that the dancer dolls are under the Artistic Dolls since dance is considered performing arts. They are also athletic, I know, I know.

• Corinne Tan (2022) — Mountain girl Corinne loves hiking and hitting the slopes to ski.
• Joss Kendrick (2020) — Joss is a surfer and a cheerleader.
• McKenna Brooks (2012) — McKenna is a gymnast who works hard to come back from an injury.
• Kanani Akina (2011) — Kanani’s collection includes a paddle board.
• Chrissa Maxwell (2009) — Chrissa is a swimmer.
• Mia St. Clair (2008) — Mia is a figure skater and plays hockey.
• Nicki Fleming (2007) — Nicki is a skier and has one of the best AG winter outfits out there.
• Jess McConnell (2006) — Jess enjoys playing soccer, although does not have soccer items in her collection. She goes kayaking in Belize and has a kayak and gear with her collection.
• Kailey Hopkins (2003) — Kailey loves surfing in the ocean.

Artistic Dolls

These Girl of the Year dolls express themselves through various forms of performing and visual arts.

• Kavi Sharma (2023) — Kavi dreams of performing on the big stage and loves to sing, dance, and play her keyboard.
• Gabriela McBride (2017) — Gabriela is a dancer and writes spoken word poetry.
• Lea Clark (2016) — Lea is an aspiring photographer.
• Isabelle Palmer (2014) — Isabelle dances ballet and modern dance and loves designing clothing.
• Saige Copeland (2013) — Saige is an artist who advocates for art classes at her school. Her collection includes a painting set with her paintings.
• Kanani Akina (2011) — Kanani plays the ukelele.
• Chrissa Maxwell (2009)– Chrissa enjoys sewing and knitting.
• Marisol Luna (2005) — Marisol is a dancer participating in several types of dance including ballet folklorico, ballet, and tap.
• Lindsey Bergman (2001) — Lindsey plays the trumpet in the school band.
• Tenney Grant and Logan — Not technically GOTYs, but Tenney and Logan are in a band together, Tenney writes songs, sings, and plays the guitar and Logan plays the drums.
• Z Yang — Like Tenney and Logan, not a GOTY, but still deserving of being in our GOTY list. Z is an aspiring filmmaker.

Science and Technology

Only a couple of dolls’ hobbies fall into the Science and Technology category — a category we might see grow in the future. Some of the nature loving dolls technically might fit into this category as well.

• Luciana Vega (2018) — Luciana loves learning about space and wants to be an astronaut.
• Lanie Holland (2010) — Lanie is an aspiring scientist and loves learning about nature.

Doll Foodies

These dolls use their love of food to help others.

• Blaire Wilson (2019) — Blaire loves cooking, her collection includes her Family Farm Restaurant.
• Grace Thomas (2015) — Grace loves to bake and often can be found at her grandparents’ bakery or baking with friends.

World Travelers

A few of the American Girl dolls are not in America for all of their stories, often traveling abroad with family.

• Kira Bailey (2021) — Australia
• Lea Clark (2016) — Brazil
• Grace Thomas (2015) — France
• Jess McConnell (2006) — Belize

Do you have a GOTY in your collection? Who’s your favorite GOTY?