Dorothy
#421 for girls in 2025, 743 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,941
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1924 · 39,996 births
- Debut · girls
- 112 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 72 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,112,231since 1880
Dorothy over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #421 | 743 | — | |
| 2024 | #429 | 718 | — | |
| 2023 | #463 | 664 | — | |
| 2022 | #486 | 645 | — | |
| 2021 | #483 | 649 | — | |
| 2020 | #535 | 565 | — | |
| 2019 | #561 | 546 | — | |
| 2018 | #580 | 530 | — | |
| 2017 | #590 | 507 | — | |
| 2016 | #644 | 456 | — | |
| 2015 | #714 | 398 | — | |
| 2014 | #727 | 385 | — | |
| 2013 | #806 | 335 | — | |
| 2012 | #922 | 279 | — | |
| 2011 | #927 | 279 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,027 | 243 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,116 | 227 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,070 | 244 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,003 | 263 | — | |
| 2006 | #976 | 267 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,025 | 237 | — | |
| 2004 | #848 | 290 | — | |
| 2003 | #835 | 292 | — | |
| 2002 | #867 | 264 | — | |
| 2001 | #750 | 319 | — | |
| 2000 | #736 | 314 | — | |
| 1999 | #678 | 335 | — | |
| 1998 | #710 | 312 | — | |
| 1997 | #682 | 316 | — | |
| 1996 | #640 | 350 | — | |
| 1995 | #597 | 377 | — | |
| 1994 | #549 | 443 | — | |
| 1993 | #515 | 476 | — | |
| 1992 | #486 | 509 | — | |
| 1991 | #486 | 497 | — | |
| 1990 | #426 | 596 | — | |
| 1989 | #398 | 620 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #396 | 608 | — | |
| 1987 | #381 | 614 | — | |
| 1986 | #373 | 629 | — | |
| 1985 | #332 | 719 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #340 | 681 | — | |
| 1983 | #305 | 759 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #298 | 829 | — | |
| 1981 | #307 | 788 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #278 | 896 | — | |
| 1979 | #272 | 890 | — | |
| 1978 | #260 | 914 | — | |
| 1977 | #269 | 933 | — | |
| 1976 | #240 | 982 | — | |
| 1975 | #250 | 976 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #232 | 1,098 | — | |
| 1973 | #215 | 1,175 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #218 | 1,273 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #191 | 1,624 | — | |
| 1970 | #180 | 1,799 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #181 | 1,776 | #2,549 | 12 |
| 1968 | #157 | 2,086 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | #148 | 2,314 | #2,352 | 12 |
| 1966 | #136 | 2,664 | #2,327 | 12 |
| 1965 | #130 | 2,961 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1964 | #118 | 3,533 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1963 | #116 | 3,796 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #111 | 4,073 | #2,035 | 16 |
| 1961 | #99 | 4,732 | #2,322 | 13 |
| 1960 | #95 | 5,076 | #1,772 | 21 |
| 1959 | #94 | 5,231 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1958 | #86 | 5,539 | #1,766 | 20 |
| 1957 | #74 | 6,405 | #1,511 | 27 |
| 1956 | #72 | 6,858 | #1,676 | 22 |
| 1955 | #64 | 7,242 | #1,396 | 30 |
| 1954 | #55 | 7,789 | #1,628 | 22 |
| 1953 | #49 | 8,162 | #1,765 | 19 |
| 1952 | #46 | 8,609 | #1,517 | 25 |
| 1951 | #42 | 9,089 | #1,344 | 30 |
| 1950 | #35 | 9,551 | #1,364 | 28 |
| 1949 | #32 | 10,410 | #1,409 | 27 |
| 1948 | #29 | 11,324 | #1,487 | 24 |
| 1947 | #26 | 12,753 | #1,297 | 32 |
| 1946 | #23 | 12,797 | #1,060 | 42 |
| 1945 | #21 | 12,323 | #864 | 52 |
| 1944 | #19 | 13,379 | #935 | 47 |
| 1943 | #19 | 14,793 | #808 | 66 |
| 1942 | #17 | 15,037 | #821 | 62 |
| 1941 | #14 | 14,566 | #729 | 72 |
| 1940 | #12 | 14,875 | #653 | 85 |
| 1939 | #9 | 15,169 | #695 | 73 |
| 1938 | #8 | 16,358 | #590 | 99 |
| 1937 | #8 | 16,572 | #700 | 73 |
| 1936 | #6 | 17,666 | #573 | 101 |
| 1935 | #6 | 19,406 | #525 | 121 |
| 1934 | #5 | 21,281 | #549 | 116 |
| 1933 | #4 | 22,054 | #524 | 117 |
| 1932 | #4 | 24,974 | #558 | 112 |
| 1931 | #3 | 26,524 | #478 | 141 |
| 1930 | #3 | 30,411 | #480 | 153 |
| 1929 | #3 | 31,476 | #536 | 118 |
| 1928 | #3 | 33,733 | #552 | 122 |
| 1927 | #2 | 35,993 | #553 | 124 |
| 1926 | #2 | 36,618 | #563 | 119 |
| 1925 | #2 | 38,570 | #639 | 99 |
| 1924 | #2 | 39,996 | #638 | 101 |
| 1923 | #2 | 39,043 | #668 | 92 |
| 1922 | #2 | 37,716 | #840 | 66 |
| 1921 | #2 | 39,087 | #692 | 87 |
| 1920 | #2 | 36,643 | #754 | 76 |
| 1919 | #3 | 31,733 | #799 | 66 |
| 1918 | #3 | 32,030 | #855 | 59 |
| 1917 | #3 | 28,852 | #822 | 60 |
| 1916 | #3 | 27,418 | #698 | 72 |
| 1915 | #3 | 25,154 | #941 | 44 |
| 1914 | #3 | 18,782 | #855 | 40 |
| 1913 | #3 | 14,674 | #696 | 43 |
| 1912 | #3 | 12,645 | #649 | 42 |
| 1911 | #4 | 8,869 | #533 | 31 |
| 1910 | #4 | 7,318 | #582 | 24 |
| 1909 | #5 | 6,253 | #505 | 26 |
| 1908 | #6 | 5,703 | #585 | 19 |
| 1907 | #6 | 4,967 | #511 | 21 |
| 1906 | #6 | 4,326 | #503 | 20 |
| 1905 | #7 | 3,937 | #741 | 11 |
| 1904 | #10 | 3,477 | #538 | 17 |
| 1903 | #11 | 3,078 | #910 | 7 |
| 1902 | #15 | 2,707 | #933 | 7 |
| 1901 | #22 | 2,173 | — | |
| 1900 | #27 | 2,491 | #968 | 8 |
| 1899 | #35 | 1,687 | #786 | 8 |
| 1898 | #43 | 1,671 | — | |
| 1897 | #43 | 1,472 | #942 | 6 |
| 1896 | #46 | 1,366 | — | |
| 1895 | #57 | 1,127 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | #58 | 1,052 | #857 | 7 |
| 1893 | #68 | 821 | — | |
| 1892 | #79 | 626 | — | |
| 1891 | #76 | 566 | — | |
| 1890 | #93 | 458 | — | |
| 1889 | #102 | 377 | — | |
| 1888 | #103 | 373 | — | |
| 1887 | #111 | 272 | — | |
| 1886 | #122 | 230 | — | |
| 1885 | #128 | 196 | — | |
| 1884 | #137 | 163 | — | |
| 1883 | #137 | 141 | — | |
| 1882 | #150 | 115 | — | |
| 1881 | #144 | 109 | — | |
| 1880 | #139 | 112 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Dorothy was already there! It came in at #139, and was given to 112 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1884, when fewer than 170 girls a year got the name.
See more about Dorothy
- 8 spots since 2024 (#429 → #421)
- 114 spots since 2020 (#535 → #421)
- 293 spots since 2015 (#714 → #421)
- Biggest jump: 116 spots in 2013 (#922 → #806)
- Biggest drop: 177 spots in 2005 (#848 → #1,025)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1924 at #2 (39,996 births)
- Births halved by 1935, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: 36 yrs · run 1904–1939
- Top 100: 72 yrs · run 1890–1961
- Top 1,000: 141 yrs · run 1880–2004
- Highest: 1 in 31 girls born in 1923 were named Dorothy (3.2%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,163 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
- Its best rank, #2 in 1924, was only 1 in 31 (3.2%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 33.2% of all girls named Dorothy (368,875) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,088 | #102 (1889) | #127 |
| 1890s | 10,846 | #35 (1899) | #60 |
| 1900s | 39,112 | #5 (1909) | #12 |
| 1910s | 207,475 | #3 (1918) | #3 |
| 1920s | 368,875 | #2 (1924) | #2 |
| 1930s | 210,415 | #3 (1930) | #6 |
| 1940s | 132,257 | #12 (1940) | #21 |
| 1950s | 74,475 | #35 (1950) | #62 |
| 1960s | 33,011 | #95 (1960) | #129 |
| 1970s | 11,664 | #180 (1970) | #233 |
| 1980s | 7,143 | #278 (1980) | #341 |
| 1990s | 4,211 | #426 (1990) | #577 |
| 2000s | 2,717 | #736 (2000) | #923 |
| 2010s | 3,958 | #561 (2019) | #750 |
| 2020s | 3,984 | #421 (2025) | #470 |
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.
Dorothy in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 36 of them was named Dorothy, which outranked 99.9% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 17,178 of them was named Dorothy, which outranked 82.2% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).