Dorthy
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · Last seen for boys in 1943 at #3,231
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1930 · 684 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 20,338since 1885
Dorthy over time
Rank among girls' names. Dorthy has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | #10,917 | 8 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 | — | |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 | — | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 | — | |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 | — | |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | — | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | — | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 | — | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | — | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | — | |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | — | |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | — | |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | — | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | — | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | — | |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 | — | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | — | |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | — | |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | — | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | — | |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | — | |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | — | |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | — | |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,848 | 18 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,585 | 26 | — | |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,028 | 20 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,517 | 24 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,093 | 28 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,859 | 20 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,749 | 33 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,333 | 24 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,098 | 25 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,909 | 27 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,002 | 24 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,321 | 35 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,497 | 30 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,094 | 38 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,804 | 47 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,828 | 48 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,904 | 45 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,755 | 48 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,708 | 47 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,478 | 57 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,448 | 58 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,168 | 84 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,361 | 68 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,126 | 94 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,184 | 86 | — | |
| 1961 | #929 | 133 | — | |
| 1960 | #976 | 120 | — | |
| 1959 | #909 | 132 | — | |
| 1958 | #790 | 161 | — | |
| 1957 | #812 | 155 | — | |
| 1956 | #727 | 177 | — | |
| 1955 | #684 | 187 | — | |
| 1954 | #663 | 194 | — | |
| 1953 | #658 | 188 | — | |
| 1952 | #652 | 187 | — | |
| 1951 | #583 | 216 | — | |
| 1950 | #542 | 231 | — | |
| 1949 | #487 | 271 | — | |
| 1948 | #492 | 272 | — | |
| 1947 | #465 | 309 | — | |
| 1946 | #440 | 307 | — | |
| 1945 | #411 | 301 | — | |
| 1944 | #356 | 379 | — | |
| 1943 | #390 | 351 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #352 | 390 | — | |
| 1941 | #345 | 365 | — | |
| 1940 | #318 | 400 | — | |
| 1939 | #309 | 401 | #2,609 | 8 |
| 1938 | #305 | 422 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #285 | 465 | — | |
| 1936 | #294 | 438 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #265 | 532 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #261 | 577 | — | |
| 1933 | #259 | 554 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #261 | 576 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #270 | 529 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #234 | 684 | — | |
| 1929 | #255 | 617 | — | |
| 1928 | #251 | 641 | — | |
| 1927 | #248 | 695 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #261 | 649 | #3,139 | 8 |
| 1925 | #276 | 580 | — | |
| 1924 | #265 | 608 | — | |
| 1923 | #285 | 517 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #288 | 513 | — | |
| 1921 | #297 | 491 | — | |
| 1920 | #313 | 437 | — | |
| 1919 | #324 | 382 | — | |
| 1918 | #315 | 412 | — | |
| 1917 | #350 | 322 | — | |
| 1916 | #371 | 278 | — | |
| 1915 | #398 | 228 | — | |
| 1914 | #458 | 143 | — | |
| 1913 | #439 | 126 | — | |
| 1912 | #452 | 110 | — | |
| 1911 | #564 | 57 | — | |
| 1910 | #495 | 67 | — | |
| 1909 | #431 | 73 | — | |
| 1908 | #535 | 47 | — | |
| 1907 | #588 | 39 | — | |
| 1906 | #622 | 33 | — | |
| 1905 | #664 | 28 | — | |
| 1904 | #640 | 29 | — | |
| 1903 | #574 | 32 | — | |
| 1902 | #756 | 21 | — | |
| 1901 | #699 | 21 | — | |
| 1900 | #742 | 24 | — | |
| 1899 | #835 | 15 | — | |
| 1898 | #920 | 14 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 | — | |
| 1895 | #986 | 11 | — | |
| 1894 | #850 | 13 | — | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 | — | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | #1,036 | 7 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 | — | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | #921 | 6 | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Dorthy! It came in at #921, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1886, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Dorthy
- 1,244 spots since 2024 (#12,161 → #10,917)
- 2,511 spots since 2020 (#8,406 → #10,917)
- 3,565 spots since 2015 (#14,482 → #10,917)
- Biggest jump: 635 spots in 1898 (#1,555 → #920)
- Biggest drop: 306 spots in 1896 (#986 → #1,292)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1930 at #234 (684 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1898–1961
- Highest: 1 in 1,646 girls born in 1930 were named Dorthy (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 28.3% of all girls named Dorthy (5,748) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 19 | #921 (1885) | #998 |
| 1890s | 72 | #835 (1899) | #1,077 |
| 1900s | 347 | #431 (1909) | #625 |
| 1910s | 2,125 | #315 (1918) | #417 |
| 1920s | 5,748 | #248 (1927) | #274 |
| 1930s | 5,178 | #234 (1930) | #274 |
| 1940s | 3,345 | #318 (1940) | #406 |
| 1950s | 1,828 | #542 (1950) | #702 |
| 1960s | 795 | #929 (1961) | #1,313 |
| 1970s | 343 | #1,804 (1972) | #2,479 |
| 1980s | 212 | #2,749 (1980) | #4,162 |
| 1990s | 129 | #5,713 (1994) | #6,919 |
| 2000s | 78 | #8,534 (2000) | #12,457 |
| 2010s | 72 | #10,129 (2014) | #13,169 |
| 2020s | 47 | #8,406 (2020) | #10,240 |
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.
Dorthy in 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
Top boys' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 2,375 of them was named Dorthy, which outranked 93.9% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 172,868 of them was named Dorthy, which outranked 22.0% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,854Wood7
- #2,854Woodford7
- #2,854Zenas7
- #3,147Dorthy6
- #3,147Abelino6
- #3,147Acey6
- #3,147Adair6
- #3,549Abdon5
- #3,549Adger5
- #3,549Adlai5
Tied with 401 names at #3,147; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.