Dorothie — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dorothie

The Social Security Administration has registered 520 babies named Dorothie between 1910 and 1953, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dorothie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1953. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dorothie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 248 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Dorothie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Colorado. In total, SSA state-level files list Dorothie in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dorothie 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 520 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.