Dorothy
Rank in 2025
#421
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
743
girls 743
Peak year
1923
39,043 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
1,115,908
since 1880
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Dorothy was most popular in 1923, when 39,043 babies recorded as girls got the name (32.4 per 1,000). In 2025, 743 babies were named Dorothy, ranking #421 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 34%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 743 | 421 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 718 | 429 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 664 | 463 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 645 | 486 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 649 | 483 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 565 | 535 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 546 | 561 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 530 | 580 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 507 | 590 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 456 | 644 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 398 | 714 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 385 | 727 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 335 | 806 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 279 | 922 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 279 | 927 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 243 | 1027 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 227 | 1116 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 244 | 1070 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 263 | 1003 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 267 | 976 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 237 | 1025 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 290 | 848 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 292 | 835 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 264 | 867 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 319 | 750 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 314 | 736 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 335 | 678 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 312 | 710 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 316 | 682 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 350 | 640 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 377 | 597 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 443 | 549 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 476 | 515 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 509 | 486 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 497 | 486 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 596 | 426 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 620 | 398 | 6 | 6941 |
| 1988 | 608 | 396 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 614 | 381 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 629 | 373 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 719 | 332 | 5 | 6523 |
| 1984 | 681 | 340 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 759 | 305 | 6 | 5484 |
| 1982 | 829 | 298 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 788 | 307 | 5 | 6262 |
| 1980 | 896 | 278 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 890 | 272 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 914 | 260 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 933 | 269 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 982 | 240 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 976 | 250 | 5 | 5464 |
| 1974 | 1,098 | 232 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 1,175 | 215 | 7 | 4054 |
| 1972 | 1,273 | 218 | 7 | 3963 |
| 1971 | 1,624 | 191 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 1,799 | 180 | 5 | 4724 |
| 1969 | 1,776 | 181 | 12 | 2549 |
| 1968 | 2,086 | 157 | 11 | 2576 |
| 1967 | 2,314 | 148 | 12 | 2352 |
| 1966 | 2,664 | 136 | 12 | 2327 |
| 1965 | 2,961 | 130 | 13 | 2270 |
| 1964 | 3,533 | 118 | 12 | 2409 |
| 1963 | 3,796 | 116 | 10 | 2673 |
| 1962 | 4,073 | 111 | 16 | 2035 |
| 1961 | 4,732 | 99 | 13 | 2322 |
| 1960 | 5,076 | 95 | 21 | 1772 |
| 1959 | 5,231 | 94 | 14 | 2200 |
| 1958 | 5,539 | 86 | 20 | 1766 |
| 1957 | 6,405 | 74 | 27 | 1511 |
| 1956 | 6,858 | 72 | 22 | 1676 |
| 1955 | 7,242 | 64 | 30 | 1396 |
| 1954 | 7,789 | 55 | 22 | 1628 |
| 1953 | 8,162 | 49 | 19 | 1765 |
| 1952 | 8,609 | 46 | 25 | 1517 |
| 1951 | 9,089 | 42 | 30 | 1344 |
| 1950 | 9,551 | 35 | 28 | 1364 |
| 1949 | 10,410 | 32 | 27 | 1409 |
| 1948 | 11,324 | 29 | 24 | 1487 |
| 1947 | 12,753 | 26 | 32 | 1297 |
| 1946 | 12,797 | 23 | 42 | 1060 |
| 1945 | 12,323 | 21 | 52 | 864 |
| 1944 | 13,379 | 19 | 47 | 935 |
| 1943 | 14,793 | 19 | 66 | 808 |
| 1942 | 15,037 | 17 | 62 | 821 |
| 1941 | 14,566 | 14 | 72 | 729 |
| 1940 | 14,875 | 12 | 85 | 653 |
| 1939 | 15,169 | 9 | 73 | 695 |
| 1938 | 16,358 | 8 | 99 | 590 |
| 1937 | 16,572 | 8 | 73 | 700 |
| 1936 | 17,666 | 6 | 101 | 573 |
| 1935 | 19,406 | 6 | 121 | 525 |
| 1934 | 21,281 | 5 | 116 | 549 |
| 1933 | 22,054 | 4 | 117 | 524 |
| 1932 | 24,974 | 4 | 112 | 558 |
| 1931 | 26,524 | 3 | 141 | 478 |
| 1930 | 30,411 | 3 | 153 | 480 |
| 1929 | 31,476 | 3 | 118 | 536 |
| 1928 | 33,733 | 3 | 122 | 552 |
| 1927 | 35,993 | 2 | 124 | 553 |
| 1926 | 36,618 | 2 | 119 | 563 |
| 1925 | 38,570 | 2 | 99 | 639 |
| 1924 | 39,996 | 2 | 101 | 638 |
| 1923 | 39,043 | 2 | 92 | 668 |
| 1922 | 37,716 | 2 | 66 | 840 |
| 1921 | 39,087 | 2 | 87 | 692 |
| 1920 | 36,643 | 2 | 76 | 754 |
| 1919 | 31,733 | 3 | 66 | 799 |
| 1918 | 32,030 | 3 | 59 | 855 |
| 1917 | 28,852 | 3 | 60 | 822 |
| 1916 | 27,418 | 3 | 72 | 698 |
| 1915 | 25,154 | 3 | 44 | 941 |
| 1914 | 18,782 | 3 | 40 | 855 |
| 1913 | 14,674 | 3 | 43 | 696 |
| 1912 | 12,645 | 3 | 42 | 649 |
| 1911 | 8,869 | 4 | 31 | 533 |
| 1910 | 7,318 | 4 | 24 | 582 |
| 1909 | 6,253 | 5 | 26 | 505 |
| 1908 | 5,703 | 6 | 19 | 585 |
| 1907 | 4,967 | 6 | 21 | 511 |
| 1906 | 4,326 | 6 | 20 | 503 |
| 1905 | 3,937 | 7 | 11 | 741 |
| 1904 | 3,477 | 10 | 17 | 538 |
| 1903 | 3,078 | 11 | 7 | 910 |
| 1902 | 2,707 | 15 | 7 | 933 |
| 1901 | 2,173 | 22 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 2,491 | 27 | 8 | 968 |
| 1899 | 1,687 | 35 | 8 | 786 |
| 1898 | 1,671 | 43 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 1,472 | 43 | 6 | 942 |
| 1896 | 1,366 | 46 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 1,127 | 57 | 5 | 1079 |
| 1894 | 1,052 | 58 | 7 | 857 |
| 1893 | 821 | 68 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 626 | 79 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 566 | 76 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 458 | 93 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 377 | 102 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 373 | 103 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 272 | 111 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 230 | 122 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 196 | 128 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 163 | 137 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 141 | 137 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 115 | 150 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 109 | 144 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 112 | 139 | <5 | — |
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Where Dorothy is most popular
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years