Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Dorethy

#25,144 most common girls' name of all time · #40,819 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1916–1939

Rank among girls
#25,144
Rank overall
#40,819 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
98
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1926 #2,860
Best rank
#2,860 1926
Girls Boys peak 12/yr
1920

Dorethy first appears in 1916. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1939 5 — 5 #4,628
1936 5 — 5 #4,566
1929 10 — 10 #3,102
1928 8 — 8 #3,667
1927 8 — 8 #3,812
1926 12 — 12 #2,860
1925 5 — 5 #5,377
1924 9 — 9 #3,628
1922 6 — 6 #4,825
1921 6 — 6 #4,890
1920 8 — 8 #3,880
1918 5 — 5 #5,276
1917 6 — 6 #4,477
1916 5 — 5 #4,923