Dorothey — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dorothey

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,147 babies named Dorothey between 1912 and 1979, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dorothey currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 46 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dorothey performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 359 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Dorothey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Dorothey in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dorothey in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,147 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.