Girls' name · since 1906
Dorothee
295 babies named Dorothee in U.S. Social Security records since 1906, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,038 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 295
- born since 1906
- 1920s
- peak decade
Dorothee is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 295 have been recorded since 1906.
Dorothee has 295 recorded births among girls since 1906, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1906 to 2021.
- #16,038 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 295 born since 1906
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dorothee ranks #16,038 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 295 born since 1906, peaking in the 1920s.
- #16,038 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 295
- born since 1906
- 1920s
- peak decade
Dorothee's 295 recorded births place it above 77.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Pennsylvania.
Dorothee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dorothee's full recorded timeline at 1924, 35% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 65% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1911, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1921 peak of 26 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dorothee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1906–2021
- Peak year (1921)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 116 years of records
Dorothee by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (145 births, 49% of the file).
1920s was Dorothee's strongest decade.
145 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Dorothee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 9
1900s
9 births
- 1910s
1910s
93 births
- 1920s
1920s
145 births
- 1930s 31
1930s
31 births
- 1940s 11
1940s
11 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 145 births (49% of all-time use).
Dorothee by state
Where Dorothee concentrates geographically, total births since 1906
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 2.0% |
6 of 295 births nationwide.
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What to do with Dorothee's data
- Dorothee's decade-level peak was the 1920s (145 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Pennsylvania records the most Dorothees (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dorothee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~115 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, 1906–2021 (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 Dorothee 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.