Dorothy Girls

The U.S. popularity history of Dorothy: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 1,112,231 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

1,112,231

Peak year

1924 #2

Years on the list

146

10-year trend

+31.3%

In the 1920s · Most used in PA in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	279	#927
2012	279	#922
2013	335	#806
2014	385	#727
2015	398	#714
2016	456	#644
2017	507	#590
2018	530	#580
2019	546	#561
2020	565	#535
2021	649	#483
2022	645	#487
2023	664	#463
2024	718	#430
2025	743	#421

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1924

3,875

3,421

2,673

2,273

2,067

1,560

Names from the same era

Ruby · 1924 Juanita · 1924 Marion · 1924 Marian · 1924 Miriam · 1924 Maxine · 1924 Geneva · 1924 Antoinette · 1924 Laverne · 1924 Bettie · 1924

Names similar to Dorothy

Dorothye Girls Dorotha Girls Dorothe Girls Dorothyann Girls Dorothymae Girls Dorothea Girls Dorothey Girls Dorothie Girls Dorothee Girls Dorothia Girls Dorothea Boys Dorthy Girls

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