Dorothey

Last seen for girls in 1968 at #7,016

Peak · girls
1925 · 46 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,142
since 1912

Dorothey over time

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Rank among girls' names. Dorothey has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201923peak #1,136, 1925girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1968#7,0165
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1962#4,8658
1961#4,5469
1960#4,7738
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1958#6,1035
1957#3,15014
1956#4,8377
1955#4,3768
1954#3,32512
1953#3,68710
1952#2,92114
1951#2,24520
1950#2,78114
1949#2,72614
1948#2,70114
1947#2,08922
1946#1,72327
1945#1,82521
1944#2,02718
1943#1,46732
1942#1,49730
1941#1,95418
1940#2,10915
1939#1,51425
1938#1,41328
1937#1,41627
1936#1,29631
1935#1,33130
1934#1,51824
1933#1,40027
1932#1,26833
1931#1,50225
1930#1,19739
1929#1,55525
1928#1,25437
1927#1,36235
1926#1,14844
1925#1,13646
1924#1,35436
1923#1,28337
1922#1,23240
1921#1,57728
1920#1,43931
1919#1,44529
1918#1,45129
1917#1,65222
1916#1,48525
1915#1,96416
1914#1,81814
1913#2,8276
1912#2,1448
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five girls were named Dorothey! It came in at #2,144, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1958–1959, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Dorothey
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1968
Rise & fade · girls
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1925 at #1,136 (46 births)
  • Births halved by 1940, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 26,465
  • Highest: 1 in 26,465 girls born in 1925 were named Dorothey (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 328,078 girls born in 1968 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 31.4% of all girls named Dorothey (359) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s149#1,445 (1919)#1,848
1920s359#1,136 (1925)#1,334
1930s289#1,197 (1930)#1,386
1940s211#1,467 (1943)#2,012
1950s104#2,245 (1951)#3,714
1960s30#4,546 (1961)#5,300

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.

Dorothey in 1923

girls
#1,283
37 births · 1 in 32,604 girls

Top girls' names in 1923

  1. #1Mary71,634
  2. #2Dorothy39,043
  3. #3Helen31,486
  4. #4Margaret26,134
  5. #5Betty25,989
  6. #6Ruth23,637
  7. #7Virginia18,325
  8. #8Mildred15,989
  9. #9Elizabeth15,459
  10. #10Frances14,881
  11. #1,283Dorothey37
More about 1923

girls

1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 32,604 of them was named Dorothey, which outranked 77.6% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dorothey
  1. #1,267Paulina38
  2. #1,267Phillis38
  3. #1,267Vonnie38
  4. #1,283Dorothey37
  5. #1,283Albert37
  6. #1,283America37
  7. #1,283Blanchie37
  8. #1,305Athena36
  9. #1,305Bea36
  10. #1,305Bobbye36

Tied with 21 names at #1,283; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. 1,834Eris#2,291#457
  2. 619Penny#1,508#889
  3. 317Laurene#1,309#992
  4. 310Cruz#1,103#793
  5. 306Dorene#1,207#901
Fallers
  1. 321Veva#962#1,283
  2. 318Arlie#949#1,267
  3. 305Gaynell#978#1,283
  4. 303Trinidad#449#752
  5. 300Laurine#897#1,197

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1923