Girls' name · since 1916
Dorethy
98 babies named Dorethy in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1926. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,301 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 98
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Dorethy sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 98 recorded since 1916.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dorethy has been recorded 98 times among girls since 1916, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1939.
- #27,301 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 98 born since 1916
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dorethy ranks #27,301 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 98 born since 1916, peaking in the 1920s.
- #27,301 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 98
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Dorethy's 98 recorded births place it above 62.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dorethy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dorethy's full recorded timeline at 1925, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1916, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1926 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dorethy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1939
- Peak year (1926)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Dorethy by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (72 births, 73% of the file).
1920s was Dorethy's strongest decade.
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.
Dorethy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 16
1910s
16 births
- 1920s
1920s
72 births
- 1930s 10
1930s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 72 births (73% of all-time use).
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What to do with Dorethy's data
- Dorethy's decade-level peak was the 1920s (72 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1930s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dorethy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1926)
Similar record span (~23 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1916–1939 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dorethy draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.