Dorthie — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dorthie

The Social Security Administration has registered 239 babies named Dorthie between 1915 and 1951, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dorthie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1951. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dorthie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 95 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Dorthie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dorthie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dorthie 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 239 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.