Dorthy — #12140 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Dorthy

The Social Security Administration has registered 20,329 babies named Dorthy between 1885 and 2024, spanning 140 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dorthy currently holds the #12140 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 695 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dorthy performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 5,747 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Dorthy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,045 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Dorthy in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dorthy 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 20,329 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.