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.

Dorothy

#9 most common girls' name of all time · #34 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#9
Rank overall
#34 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
1,115,908
Since 2016
6,023
Peak year
1924 #2
Best rank
#2 1920
Girls Boys peak 40,097/yr
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Dorothy is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 743 — 743 #421
2024 718 — 718 #430
2023 664 — 664 #463
2022 645 — 645 #486
2021 649 — 649 #483
2020 565 — 565 #535
2019 546 — 546 #561
2018 530 — 530 #580
2017 507 — 507 #590
2016 456 — 456 #644
2015 398 — 398 #714
2014 385 — 385 #727
2013 335 — 335 #806
2012 279 — 279 #922
2011 279 — 279 #927
2010 243 — 243 #1,027
2009 227 — 227 #1,117
2008 244 — 244 #1,070
2007 263 — 263 #1,003
2006 267 — 267 #976
2005 237 — 237 #1,025
2004 290 — 290 #848
2003 292 — 292 #835
2002 264 — 264 #867
2001 319 — 319 #750
2000 314 — 314 #736
1999 335 — 335 #678
1998 312 — 312 #710
1997 316 — 316 #682
1996 350 — 350 #640
1995 377 — 377 #597
1994 443 — 443 #549
1993 476 — 476 #515
1992 509 — 509 #486
1991 497 — 497 #486
1990 596 — 596 #426
1989 620 6 626 #398
1988 608 — 608 #396
1987 614 — 614 #381
1986 629 — 629 #373
1985 719 5 724 #332
1984 681 — 681 #340
1983 759 6 765 #305
1982 829 — 829 #298
1981 788 5 793 #307
1980 896 — 896 #278
1979 890 — 890 #272
1978 914 — 914 #260
1977 933 — 933 #269
1976 982 — 982 #240
1975 976 5 981 #250
1974 1,098 — 1,098 #232
1973 1,175 7 1,182 #215
1972 1,273 7 1,280 #218
1971 1,624 — 1,624 #191
1970 1,799 5 1,804 #180
1969 1,776 12 1,788 #181
1968 2,086 11 2,097 #157
1967 2,314 12 2,326 #148
1966 2,664 12 2,676 #136
1965 2,961 13 2,974 #130
1964 3,533 12 3,545 #118
1963 3,796 10 3,806 #116
1962 4,073 16 4,089 #111
1961 4,732 13 4,745 #99
1960 5,076 21 5,097 #95
1959 5,231 14 5,245 #94
1958 5,539 20 5,559 #86
1957 6,405 27 6,432 #74
1956 6,858 22 6,880 #72
1955 7,242 30 7,272 #64
1954 7,789 22 7,811 #55
1953 8,162 19 8,181 #49
1952 8,609 25 8,634 #46
1951 9,089 30 9,119 #42
1950 9,551 28 9,579 #35
1949 10,410 27 10,437 #32
1948 11,324 24 11,348 #29
1947 12,753 32 12,785 #26
1946 12,797 42 12,839 #23
1945 12,323 52 12,375 #21
1944 13,379 47 13,426 #19
1943 14,793 66 14,859 #19
1942 15,037 62 15,099 #17
1941 14,566 72 14,638 #14
1940 14,875 85 14,960 #12
1939 15,169 73 15,242 #9
1938 16,358 99 16,457 #8
1937 16,572 73 16,645 #8
1936 17,666 101 17,767 #6
1935 19,406 121 19,527 #6
1934 21,281 116 21,397 #5
1933 22,054 117 22,171 #4
1932 24,974 112 25,086 #4
1931 26,524 141 26,665 #3
1930 30,411 153 30,564 #3
1929 31,476 118 31,594 #3
1928 33,733 122 33,855 #3
1927 35,993 124 36,117 #2
1926 36,618 119 36,737 #2
1925 38,570 99 38,669 #2
1924 39,996 101 40,097 #2
1923 39,043 92 39,135 #2
1922 37,716 66 37,782 #2
1921 39,087 87 39,174 #2
1920 36,643 76 36,719 #2
1919 31,733 66 31,799 #3
1918 32,030 59 32,089 #3
1917 28,852 60 28,912 #3
1916 27,418 72 27,490 #3
1915 25,154 44 25,198 #3
1914 18,782 40 18,822 #3
1913 14,674 43 14,717 #3
1912 12,645 42 12,687 #3
1911 8,869 31 8,900 #4
1910 7,318 24 7,342 #4
1909 6,253 26 6,279 #5
1908 5,703 19 5,722 #6
1907 4,967 21 4,988 #6
1906 4,326 20 4,346 #6
1905 3,937 11 3,948 #7
1904 3,477 17 3,494 #10
1903 3,078 7 3,085 #11
1902 2,707 7 2,714 #15
1901 2,173 — 2,173 #22
1900 2,491 8 2,499 #27
1899 1,687 8 1,695 #35
1898 1,671 — 1,671 #43
1897 1,472 6 1,478 #43
1896 1,366 — 1,366 #46
1895 1,127 5 1,132 #57
1894 1,052 7 1,059 #58
1893 821 — 821 #68
1892 626 — 626 #79
1891 566 — 566 #77
1890 458 — 458 #93
1889 377 — 377 #102
1888 373 — 373 #104
1887 272 — 272 #112
1886 230 — 230 #122
1885 196 — 196 #128
1884 163 — 163 #137
1883 141 — 141 #138
1882 115 — 115 #150
1881 109 — 109 #144
1880 112 — 112 #139