Dorthey — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dorthey

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,559 babies named Dorthey between 1905 and 1969, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dorthey currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1969. The name reached its historical peak in 1932, when 59 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dorthey performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 460 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Dorthey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 130 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Dorthey in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dorthey 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 1,559 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.