How popular is “Dorothy” in the USA?
Number of people named “Dorothy” by birth year
This chart shows how many people named “Dorothy” were born each year.
Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.
Popularity of “Dorothy” by birth year
This chart shows how the popularity of “Dorothy” has changed over time.
Popularity is the number of people named “Dorothy” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.
Bias in sex for “Dorothy” by birth year
This chart shows how “Dorothy” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).
Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.
The raw data
This table shows the data used in the above charts.
| Year | Count | Proportion | Females | Males | Bias toward female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 112 | 0.000555875 | 112 | 100% | |
| 1881 | 109 | 0.000565681 | 109 | 100% | |
| 1882 | 115 | 0.00051911 | 115 | 100% | |
| 1883 | 141 | 0.000649934 | 141 | 100% | |
| 1884 | 163 | 0.000669512 | 163 | 100% | |
| 1885 | 196 | 0.000813771 | 196 | 100% | |
| 1886 | 230 | 0.000900841 | 230 | 100% | |
| 1887 | 272 | 0.001099465 | 272 | 100% | |
| 1888 | 373 | 0.001245517 | 373 | 100% | |
| 1889 | 377 | 0.001304742 | 377 | 100% | |
| 1890 | 458 | 0.00151957 | 458 | 100% | |
| 1891 | 566 | 0.001974382 | 566 | 100% | |
| 1892 | 626 | 0.001872155 | 626 | 100% | |
| 1893 | 821 | 0.002524422 | 821 | 100% | |
| 1894 | 1059 | 0.003126753 | 1052 | 7 | 99% |
| 1895 | 1132 | 0.003224878 | 1127 | 5 | 99% |
| 1896 | 1366 | 0.00382115 | 1366 | 100% | |
| 1897 | 1478 | 0.004259894 | 1472 | 6 | 99% |
| 1898 | 1671 | 0.004380595 | 1671 | 100% | |
| 1899 | 1695 | 0.004996551 | 1687 | 8 | 99% |
| 1900 | 2499 | 0.005550139 | 2491 | 8 | 99% |
| 1901 | 2173 | 0.006283761 | 2173 | 100% | |
| 1902 | 2714 | 0.007017761 | 2707 | 7 | 99% |
| 1903 | 3085 | 0.008092823 | 3078 | 7 | 100% |
| 1904 | 3494 | 0.008659554 | 3477 | 17 | 99% |
| 1905 | 3948 | 0.00931299 | 3937 | 11 | 99% |
| 1906 | 4346 | 0.010143517 | 4326 | 20 | 99% |
| 1907 | 4988 | 0.01071787 | 4967 | 21 | 99% |
| 1908 | 5722 | 0.011709813 | 5703 | 19 | 99% |
| 1909 | 6279 | 0.012282287 | 6253 | 26 | 99% |
| 1910 | 7342 | 0.012429089 | 7318 | 24 | 99% |
| 1911 | 8900 | 0.013813913 | 8869 | 31 | 99% |
| 1912 | 12687 | 0.012840301 | 12645 | 42 | 99% |
| 1913 | 14717 | 0.012942448 | 14674 | 43 | 99% |
| 1914 | 18822 | 0.013289126 | 18782 | 40 | 100% |
| 1915 | 25198 | 0.013751139 | 25154 | 44 | 100% |
| 1916 | 27490 | 0.014211015 | 27418 | 72 | 99% |
| 1917 | 28912 | 0.014407375 | 28852 | 60 | 100% |
| 1918 | 32089 | 0.014779984 | 32030 | 59 | 100% |
| 1919 | 31800 | 0.015069326 | 31734 | 66 | 100% |
| 1920 | 36719 | 0.016228367 | 36643 | 76 | 100% |
| 1921 | 39174 | 0.016780445 | 39087 | 87 | 100% |
| 1922 | 37781 | 0.016504344 | 37715 | 66 | 100% |
| 1923 | 39135 | 0.016996861 | 39043 | 92 | 100% |
| 1924 | 40097 | 0.01683607 | 39996 | 101 | 99% |
| 1925 | 38669 | 0.01657263 | 38570 | 99 | 99% |
| 1926 | 36737 | 0.016001154 | 36618 | 119 | 99% |
| 1927 | 36118 | 0.015572392 | 35994 | 124 | 99% |
| 1928 | 33854 | 0.014973531 | 33732 | 122 | 99% |
| 1929 | 31594 | 0.014412322 | 31476 | 118 | 99% |
| 1930 | 30563 | 0.013746757 | 30410 | 153 | 99% |
| 1931 | 26666 | 0.012671744 | 26525 | 141 | 99% |
| 1932 | 25088 | 0.01188285 | 24976 | 112 | 99% |
| 1933 | 22169 | 0.011087649 | 22052 | 117 | 99% |
| 1934 | 21398 | 0.010303342 | 21282 | 116 | 99% |
| 1935 | 19525 | 0.009342678 | 19404 | 121 | 99% |
| 1936 | 17769 | 0.008552818 | 17668 | 101 | 99% |
| 1937 | 16644 | 0.007811767 | 16571 | 73 | 99% |
| 1938 | 16454 | 0.007436594 | 16355 | 99 | 99% |
| 1939 | 15243 | 0.00691787 | 15170 | 73 | 99% |
| 1940 | 14961 | 0.006497333 | 14876 | 85 | 99% |
| 1941 | 14638 | 0.006008099 | 14566 | 72 | 99% |
| 1942 | 15097 | 0.005526478 | 15035 | 62 | 99% |
| 1943 | 14859 | 0.005264377 | 14793 | 66 | 99% |
| 1944 | 13428 | 0.004991718 | 13381 | 47 | 99% |
| 1945 | 12376 | 0.004665138 | 12324 | 52 | 99% |
| 1946 | 12839 | 0.004018119 | 12797 | 42 | 99% |
| 1947 | 12785 | 0.003549161 | 12753 | 32 | 99% |
| 1948 | 11344 | 0.003285729 | 11320 | 24 | 100% |
| 1949 | 10436 | 0.002994772 | 10409 | 27 | 99% |
| 1950 | 9580 | 0.002734511 | 9552 | 28 | 99% |
| 1951 | 9119 | 0.002475486 | 9089 | 30 | 99% |
| 1952 | 8634 | 0.002273298 | 8609 | 25 | 99% |
| 1953 | 8181 | 0.002122943 | 8162 | 19 | 100% |
| 1954 | 7812 | 0.001962477 | 7790 | 22 | 99% |
| 1955 | 7270 | 0.001810695 | 7240 | 30 | 99% |
| 1956 | 6881 | 0.001668915 | 6859 | 22 | 99% |
| 1957 | 6432 | 0.001530677 | 6405 | 27 | 99% |
| 1958 | 5559 | 0.001344622 | 5539 | 20 | 99% |
| 1959 | 5245 | 0.001261812 | 5231 | 14 | 99% |
| 1960 | 5096 | 0.001226793 | 5075 | 21 | 99% |
| 1961 | 4744 | 0.001145353 | 4731 | 13 | 99% |
| 1962 | 4088 | 0.00101318 | 4072 | 16 | 99% |
| 1963 | 3806 | 0.000961516 | 3796 | 10 | 99% |
| 1964 | 3545 | 0.000911882 | 3533 | 12 | 99% |
| 1965 | 2974 | 0.000820305 | 2961 | 13 | 99% |
| 1966 | 2676 | 0.000769945 | 2664 | 12 | 99% |
| 1967 | 2326 | 0.000685149 | 2314 | 12 | 99% |
| 1968 | 2097 | 0.000620715 | 2086 | 11 | 99% |
| 1969 | 1788 | 0.000514481 | 1776 | 12 | 99% |
| 1970 | 1804 | 0.000500208 | 1799 | 5 | 99% |
| 1971 | 1623 | 0.000472863 | 1623 | 100% | |
| 1972 | 1280 | 0.000407252 | 1273 | 7 | 99% |
| 1973 | 1182 | 0.000391799 | 1175 | 7 | 99% |
| 1974 | 1098 | 0.000361184 | 1098 | 100% | |
| 1975 | 981 | 0.000324902 | 976 | 5 | 99% |
| 1976 | 982 | 0.000323632 | 982 | 100% | |
| 1977 | 933 | 0.000293728 | 933 | 100% | |
| 1978 | 914 | 0.000287981 | 914 | 100% | |
| 1979 | 890 | 0.000267511 | 890 | 100% | |
| 1980 | 896 | 0.000260126 | 896 | 100% | |
| 1981 | 793 | 0.000229235 | 788 | 5 | 99% |
| 1982 | 829 | 0.000236321 | 829 | 100% | |
| 1983 | 765 | 0.000220889 | 759 | 6 | 98% |
| 1984 | 681 | 0.000195204 | 681 | 100% | |
| 1985 | 724 | 0.000202859 | 719 | 5 | 99% |
| 1986 | 629 | 0.000176837 | 629 | 100% | |
| 1987 | 614 | 0.000170296 | 614 | 100% | |
| 1988 | 608 | 0.000164553 | 608 | 100% | |
| 1989 | 626 | 0.000162837 | 620 | 6 | 98% |
| 1990 | 596 | 0.0001508 | 596 | 100% | |
| 1991 | 497 | 0.000127597 | 497 | 100% | |
| 1992 | 509 | 0.000132515 | 509 | 100% | |
| 1993 | 476 | 0.000126255 | 476 | 100% | |
| 1994 | 442 | 0.000118898 | 442 | 100% | |
| 1995 | 377 | 0.000102949 | 377 | 100% | |
| 1996 | 350 | 0.000095968 | 350 | 100% | |
| 1997 | 316 | 0.000087157 | 316 | 100% | |
| 1998 | 312 | 0.000084827 | 312 | 100% | |
| 1999 | 335 | 0.000090694 | 335 | 100% | |
| 2000 | 314 | 0.000083073 | 314 | 100% | |
| 2001 | 319 | 0.00008522 | 319 | 100% | |
| 2002 | 264 | 0.000070623 | 264 | 100% | |
| 2003 | 292 | 0.000076801 | 292 | 100% | |
| 2004 | 290 | 0.000075904 | 290 | 100% | |
| 2005 | 237 | 0.000061646 | 237 | 100% | |
| 2006 | 267 | 0.000067496 | 267 | 100% | |
| 2007 | 263 | 0.000065795 | 263 | 100% | |
| 2008 | 244 | 0.000062085 | 244 | 100% | |
| 2009 | 227 | 0.000059432 | 227 | 100% | |
| 2010 | 243 | 0.000065762 | 243 | 100% | |
| 2011 | 278 | 0.000076015 | 278 | 100% | |
| 2012 | 279 | 0.000076299 | 279 | 100% | |
| 2013 | 335 | 0.000091912 | 335 | 100% | |
| 2014 | 385 | 0.000103902 | 385 | 100% | |
| 2015 | 398 | 0.000107572 | 398 | 100% | |
| 2016 | 455 | 0.000124062 | 455 | 100% | |
| 2017 | 507 | 0.000141829 | 507 | 100% | |
| 2018 | 527 | 0.000149965 | 527 | 100% | |
| 2019 | 545 | 0.000157115 | 545 | 100% | |
| 2020 | 563 | 0.000168672 | 563 | 100% | |
| 2021 | 649 | 0.000191746 | 649 | 100% | |
| 2022 | 644 | 0.000190611 | 644 | 100% | |
| 2023 | 658 | 0.00019956 | 658 | 100% |