Dorothye — girls' name
317 babies named Dorothye in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Dorothye was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Dorothye in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dorothye
The Social Security Administration has registered 317 babies named Dorothye between 1912 and 1950, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dorothye currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1950. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dorothye performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 108 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Dorothye shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dorothye 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 317 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.
Dorothye at a glance
Last recorded 1950Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dorothye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–1912
- Peak year (1923)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1950.
317 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 18 births in a single year.
Dorothye by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 108 births that decade — 34% of Dorothye's all-time total
Dorothye decade highlights
- Peak decade 108 births
- Runner-up 79 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Dorothye's strongest decade
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1912–1950 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.