Dorathy
Last seen for girls in 1978 at #9,750
- Peak · girls
- 1918 · 79 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,928since 1895
Dorathy over time
Rank among girls' names. Dorathy has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
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| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 |
| 1958 | #3,543 | 12 |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 |
| 1953 | #2,699 | 16 |
| 1952 | #2,266 | 21 |
| 1951 | #2,577 | 16 |
| 1950 | #1,764 | 29 |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 |
| 1948 | #2,329 | 18 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 |
| 1946 | #1,808 | 25 |
| 1945 | #1,699 | 24 |
| 1944 | #1,545 | 28 |
| 1943 | #1,664 | 26 |
| 1942 | #1,804 | 22 |
| 1941 | #1,882 | 19 |
| 1940 | #1,549 | 25 |
| 1939 | #1,947 | 17 |
| 1938 | #1,547 | 24 |
| 1937 | #1,330 | 30 |
| 1936 | #1,296 | 31 |
| 1935 | #1,381 | 28 |
| 1934 | #1,190 | 36 |
| 1933 | #1,076 | 42 |
| 1932 | #1,346 | 30 |
| 1931 | #1,104 | 41 |
| 1930 | #1,197 | 39 |
| 1929 | #1,042 | 49 |
| 1928 | #918 | 65 |
| 1927 | #990 | 59 |
| 1926 | #1,133 | 45 |
| 1925 | #932 | 64 |
| 1924 | #868 | 74 |
| 1923 | #992 | 57 |
| 1922 | #879 | 69 |
| 1921 | #813 | 81 |
| 1920 | #914 | 63 |
| 1919 | #875 | 64 |
| 1918 | #802 | 79 |
| 1917 | #888 | 61 |
| 1916 | #893 | 57 |
| 1915 | #900 | 53 |
| 1914 | #988 | 36 |
| 1913 | #925 | 33 |
| 1912 | #938 | 29 |
| 1911 | #1,071 | 17 |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 |
| 1909 | #1,219 | 12 |
| 1908 | #1,135 | 13 |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,321 | 9 |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 |
| 1904 | #1,092 | 11 |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 |
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| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Dorathy! It came in at #1,202, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1896–1900, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Dorathy is popular in 1921
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#482 · 1 in 10,092
- Illinois#491 · 1 in 7,640
- Pennsylvania#598 · 1 in 16,750
- Texas#843 · 1 in 9,813
Best ever in a state: #295 in Iowa, 1924.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #482 | 10 | 1 in 10,092 |
| Illinois | #491 | 8 | 1 in 7,640 |
| Pennsylvania | #598 | 6 | 1 in 16,750 |
| Texas | #843 | 6 | 1 in 9,813 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Dorathy
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1978
- Biggest jump: 143 spots in 1927 (#1,133 → #990)
- Biggest drop: 201 spots in 1926 (#932 → #1,133)
- Debuted 1895
- Peaked 1918 at #802 (79 births)
- Births halved by 1930, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1912–1925
- Highest: 1 in 14,654 girls born in 1918 were named Dorathy (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 306,372 girls born in 1978 (0.00%)
- 32.5% of all girls named Dorathy (626) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 8 | #1,202 (1895) | #1,202 |
| 1900s | 74 | #1,092 (1904) | #1,464 |
| 1910s | 437 | #802 (1918) | #1,005 |
| 1920s | 626 | #813 (1921) | #948 |
| 1930s | 318 | #1,076 (1933) | #1,341 |
| 1940s | 213 | #1,545 (1944) | #2,003 |
| 1950s | 149 | #1,764 (1950) | #3,184 |
| 1960s | 85 | #3,740 (1966) | #5,028 |
| 1970s | 18 | #6,619 (1971) | #8,271 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Dorathy in 1921
Top girls' names in 1921
More about 1921
girls
1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 15,223 of them was named Dorathy, which outranked 86.2% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).