Dorthy
#1,034 most common girls' name of all time · #1,848 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1885–2025
Rank among girls
#1,034
Rank overall
#1,848 of 105,966
First appeared
1885
Years on the list
135 of 146
All-time
20,417
Since 2016
77
Peak year
1927 #248
Best rank
#234 1930
Girls
Boys
peak 700/yr
Dorthy first appears in 1885. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | — | 8 | #10,966 |
| 2024 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,200 |
| 2023 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,505 |
| 2022 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,273 |
| 2020 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,422 |
| 2019 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,492 |
| 2018 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,580 |
| 2017 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,745 |
| 2016 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,281 |
| 2015 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,522 |
| 2014 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,157 |
| 2013 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,611 |
| 2012 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,013 |
| 2011 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,389 |
| 2010 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,309 |
| 2009 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,742 |
| 2008 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,455 |
| 2007 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,544 |
| 2006 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,923 |
| 2005 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,553 |
| 2004 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,800 |
| 2003 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,366 |
| 2002 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,644 |
| 2001 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,381 |
| 2000 | 11 | — | 11 | #8,558 |
| 1999 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,833 |
| 1998 | 16 | — | 16 | #6,088 |
| 1997 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,768 |
| 1996 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,156 |
| 1995 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,665 |
| 1994 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,742 |
| 1993 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,091 |
| 1992 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,340 |
| 1991 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,613 |
| 1990 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,157 |
| 1989 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,858 |
| 1988 | 26 | — | 26 | #3,597 |
| 1987 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,397 |
| 1986 | 20 | — | 20 | #4,042 |
| 1985 | 24 | — | 24 | #3,528 |
| 1984 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,506 |
| 1983 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,124 |
| 1982 | 28 | — | 28 | #3,105 |
| 1981 | 20 | — | 20 | #3,871 |
| 1980 | 33 | — | 33 | #2,751 |
| 1979 | 24 | — | 24 | #3,346 |
| 1978 | 25 | — | 25 | #3,106 |
| 1977 | 27 | — | 27 | #2,921 |
| 1976 | 24 | — | 24 | #3,011 |
| 1975 | 35 | — | 35 | #2,326 |
| 1974 | 30 | — | 30 | #2,504 |
| 1973 | 38 | — | 38 | #2,099 |
| 1972 | 47 | — | 47 | #1,811 |
| 1971 | 48 | — | 48 | #1,834 |
| 1970 | 45 | — | 45 | #1,909 |
| 1969 | 48 | — | 48 | #1,759 |
| 1968 | 47 | — | 47 | #1,712 |
| 1967 | 57 | — | 57 | #1,482 |
| 1966 | 58 | — | 58 | #1,451 |
| 1965 | 84 | — | 84 | #1,173 |
| 1964 | 68 | — | 68 | #1,363 |
| 1963 | 94 | — | 94 | #1,130 |
| 1962 | 86 | — | 86 | #1,188 |
| 1961 | 133 | — | 133 | #929 |
| 1960 | 120 | — | 120 | #978 |
| 1959 | 132 | — | 132 | #910 |
| 1958 | 161 | — | 161 | #792 |
| 1957 | 155 | — | 155 | #815 |
| 1956 | 177 | — | 177 | #728 |
| 1955 | 187 | — | 187 | #684 |
| 1954 | 194 | — | 194 | #666 |
| 1953 | 188 | — | 188 | #659 |
| 1952 | 187 | — | 187 | #653 |
| 1951 | 216 | — | 216 | #583 |
| 1950 | 231 | — | 231 | #542 |
| 1949 | 271 | — | 271 | #489 |
| 1948 | 272 | — | 272 | #492 |
| 1947 | 309 | — | 309 | #465 |
| 1946 | 307 | — | 307 | #440 |
| 1945 | 301 | — | 301 | #413 |
| 1944 | 379 | — | 379 | #356 |
| 1943 | 351 | 6 | 357 | #390 |
| 1942 | 390 | — | 390 | #353 |
| 1941 | 365 | — | 365 | #345 |
| 1940 | 400 | — | 400 | #318 |
| 1939 | 401 | 8 | 409 | #309 |
| 1938 | 422 | 7 | 429 | #305 |
| 1937 | 465 | — | 465 | #285 |
| 1936 | 438 | 6 | 444 | #294 |
| 1935 | 532 | 7 | 539 | #265 |
| 1934 | 577 | — | 577 | #261 |
| 1933 | 554 | 6 | 560 | #260 |
| 1932 | 576 | 10 | 586 | #261 |
| 1931 | 529 | 9 | 538 | #270 |
| 1930 | 684 | — | 684 | #234 |
| 1929 | 617 | — | 617 | #255 |
| 1928 | 641 | — | 641 | #252 |
| 1927 | 695 | 5 | 700 | #248 |
| 1926 | 649 | 8 | 657 | #261 |
| 1925 | 580 | — | 580 | #276 |
| 1924 | 608 | — | 608 | #265 |
| 1923 | 517 | 7 | 524 | #285 |
| 1922 | 513 | — | 513 | #288 |
| 1921 | 491 | — | 491 | #298 |
| 1920 | 437 | — | 437 | #313 |
| 1919 | 382 | — | 382 | #325 |
| 1918 | 412 | — | 412 | #316 |
| 1917 | 322 | — | 322 | #351 |
| 1916 | 278 | — | 278 | #374 |
| 1915 | 228 | — | 228 | #399 |
| 1914 | 143 | — | 143 | #458 |
| 1913 | 126 | — | 126 | #440 |
| 1912 | 110 | — | 110 | #452 |
| 1911 | 57 | — | 57 | #571 |
| 1910 | 67 | — | 67 | #499 |
| 1909 | 73 | — | 73 | #434 |
| 1908 | 47 | — | 47 | #544 |
| 1907 | 39 | — | 39 | #599 |
| 1906 | 33 | — | 33 | #632 |
| 1905 | 28 | — | 28 | #680 |
| 1904 | 29 | — | 29 | #652 |
| 1903 | 32 | — | 32 | #587 |
| 1902 | 21 | — | 21 | #768 |
| 1901 | 21 | — | 21 | #719 |
| 1900 | 24 | — | 24 | #757 |
| 1899 | 15 | — | 15 | #869 |
| 1898 | 14 | — | 14 | #951 |
| 1897 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,642 |
| 1896 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,349 |
| 1895 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,033 |
| 1894 | 13 | — | 13 | #895 |
| 1890 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,181 |
| 1888 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,109 |
| 1887 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,118 |
| 1885 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,020 |