The quinceañera tradition in which the celebrant gives a younger girl her doll is called the last doll.
The ritual symbolizes leaving childhood behind. A quinceañera may receive or carry a doll during the celebration and then pass it to a younger sister, cousin, or other child. The gesture presents childhood as something being handed forward rather than simply discarded.
The ceremony is often known by the Spanish expression “la última muñeca,” meaning “the last doll.” Families may change the recipient, timing, or object, and many modern celebrations do not include the ritual at all.
This tradition is distinct from other quinceañera symbols, such as the formal shoe change or a tiara. Those customs also suggest a transition, but they are separate moments and do not make every doll ceremony identical.