Girls' name · since 1912
Dorothye
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.
- #15,453 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 317
- born since 1912
- 1920s
- peak decade
Dorothye sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 317 recorded since 1912.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dorothye has been recorded 317 times among girls since 1912, 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 1912 to 1950.
- #15,453 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 317 born since 1912
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dorothye ranks #15,453 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 317 born since 1912, peaking in the 1920s.
- #15,453 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 317
- born since 1912
- 1920s
- peak decade
Dorothye's 317 recorded births place it above 78.62% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dorothye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dorothye's SSA record in two at 1930 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1912, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1923 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dorothye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–1950
- Peak year (1923)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Dorothye by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (108 births, 34% of the file).
1920s was Dorothye's strongest decade.
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Dorothye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
56 births
- 1920s
1920s
108 births
- 1930s
1930s
69 births
- 1940s
1940s
79 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 108 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Dorothye's decade-level peak was the 1920s (108 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1950s -- 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 Dorothye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1923)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1912–1950 (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 Dorothye 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.