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 | 0.000565675 | 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 | 0.001245521 | 373 | 100% | |
| 1889 | 377 | 0.001304742 | 377 | 100% | |
| 1890 | 458 | 0.00151957 | 458 | 100% | |
| 1891 | 566 | 0.001974389 | 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 | 0.004380584 | 1671 | 100% | |
| 1899 | 1695 | 0.004996566 | 1687 | 8 | 99% |
| 1900 | 2499 | 0.005550114 | 2491 | 8 | 99% |
| 1901 | 2173 | 0.006283761 | 2173 | 100% | |
| 1902 | 2714 | 0.00701778 | 2707 | 7 | 99% |
| 1903 | 3085 | 0.008092823 | 3078 | 7 | 100% |
| 1904 | 3494 | 0.008659554 | 3477 | 17 | 99% |
| 1905 | 3948 | 0.009312968 | 3937 | 11 | 99% |
| 1906 | 4346 | 0.010143517 | 4326 | 20 | 99% |
| 1907 | 4988 | 0.010717846 | 4967 | 21 | 99% |
| 1908 | 5722 | 0.011709765 | 5703 | 19 | 99% |
| 1909 | 6279 | 0.012282287 | 6253 | 26 | 99% |
| 1910 | 7342 | 0.012429069 | 7318 | 24 | 99% |
| 1911 | 8900 | 0.013813891 | 8869 | 31 | 99% |
| 1912 | 12687 | 0.012840313 | 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 | 0.014210992 | 27418 | 72 | 99% |
| 1917 | 28912 | 0.01440734 | 28852 | 60 | 100% |
| 1918 | 32089 | 0.014779997 | 32030 | 59 | 100% |
| 1919 | 31800 | 0.015069298 | 31734 | 66 | 100% |
| 1920 | 36719 | 0.016228316 | 36643 | 76 | 100% |
| 1921 | 39174 | 0.016780438 | 39087 | 87 | 100% |
| 1922 | 37781 | 0.016504364 | 37715 | 66 | 100% |
| 1923 | 39135 | 0.016996788 | 39043 | 92 | 100% |
| 1924 | 40097 | 0.016836012 | 39996 | 101 | 99% |
| 1925 | 38669 | 0.016572516 | 38570 | 99 | 99% |
| 1926 | 36735 | 0.016000289 | 36616 | 119 | 99% |
| 1927 | 36118 | 0.015572432 | 35994 | 124 | 99% |
| 1928 | 33856 | 0.014974561 | 33734 | 122 | 99% |
| 1929 | 31594 | 0.01441221 | 31476 | 118 | 99% |
| 1930 | 30563 | 0.013746806 | 30410 | 153 | 99% |
| 1931 | 26667 | 0.012672334 | 26526 | 141 | 99% |
| 1932 | 25087 | 0.011882461 | 24975 | 112 | 99% |
| 1933 | 22167 | 0.011086782 | 22050 | 117 | 99% |
| 1934 | 21400 | 0.010304483 | 21284 | 116 | 99% |
| 1935 | 19526 | 0.009343393 | 19405 | 121 | 99% |
| 1936 | 17769 | 0.008552966 | 17668 | 101 | 99% |
| 1937 | 16645 | 0.007812265 | 16572 | 73 | 99% |
| 1938 | 16453 | 0.007436173 | 16354 | 99 | 99% |
| 1939 | 15244 | 0.006918383 | 15171 | 73 | 99% |
| 1940 | 14961 | 0.00649744 | 14876 | 85 | 99% |
| 1941 | 14639 | 0.006008603 | 14567 | 72 | 99% |
| 1942 | 15094 | 0.005525444 | 15032 | 62 | 99% |
| 1943 | 14860 | 0.005264825 | 14794 | 66 | 99% |
| 1944 | 13428 | 0.004991808 | 13381 | 47 | 99% |
| 1945 | 12379 | 0.004666304 | 12327 | 52 | 99% |
| 1946 | 12838 | 0.004017842 | 12796 | 42 | 99% |
| 1947 | 12783 | 0.003548643 | 12751 | 32 | 99% |
| 1948 | 11345 | 0.003286044 | 11321 | 24 | 100% |
| 1949 | 10437 | 0.002995082 | 10410 | 27 | 99% |
| 1950 | 9578 | 0.002733913 | 9550 | 28 | 99% |
| 1951 | 9119 | 0.002475457 | 9089 | 30 | 99% |
| 1952 | 8635 | 0.002273545 | 8609 | 26 | 99% |
| 1953 | 8180 | 0.002122686 | 8161 | 19 | 100% |
| 1954 | 7814 | 0.001962967 | 7792 | 22 | 99% |
| 1955 | 7270 | 0.001810679 | 7240 | 30 | 99% |
| 1956 | 6880 | 0.001668653 | 6858 | 22 | 99% |
| 1957 | 6433 | 0.001530758 | 6406 | 27 | 99% |
| 1958 | 5557 | 0.00134462 | 5538 | 19 | 99% |
| 1959 | 5244 | 0.001261571 | 5230 | 14 | 99% |
| 1960 | 5099 | 0.001227406 | 5078 | 21 | 99% |
| 1961 | 4741 | 0.001144913 | 4728 | 13 | 99% |
| 1962 | 4089 | 0.001013371 | 4073 | 16 | 99% |
| 1963 | 3805 | 0.000961201 | 3795 | 10 | 99% |
| 1964 | 3546 | 0.000912114 | 3534 | 12 | 99% |
| 1965 | 2974 | 0.000820272 | 2961 | 13 | 99% |
| 1966 | 2677 | 0.00077022 | 2665 | 12 | 99% |
| 1967 | 2328 | 0.000685712 | 2316 | 12 | 99% |
| 1968 | 2095 | 0.000620087 | 2084 | 11 | 99% |
| 1969 | 1788 | 0.000514437 | 1776 | 12 | 99% |
| 1970 | 1804 | 0.000500162 | 1799 | 5 | 99% |
| 1971 | 1623 | 0.000472836 | 1623 | 100% | |
| 1972 | 1280 | 0.000407213 | 1273 | 7 | 99% |
| 1973 | 1181 | 0.000391433 | 1174 | 7 | 99% |
| 1974 | 1099 | 0.000361489 | 1099 | 100% | |
| 1975 | 979 | 0.000324201 | 974 | 5 | 99% |
| 1976 | 982 | 0.000323598 | 982 | 100% | |
| 1977 | 934 | 0.000294016 | 934 | 100% | |
| 1978 | 913 | 0.000287632 | 913 | 100% | |
| 1979 | 890 | 0.000267483 | 890 | 100% | |
| 1980 | 896 | 0.000260099 | 896 | 100% | |
| 1981 | 793 | 0.000229218 | 788 | 5 | 99% |
| 1982 | 829 | 0.000236305 | 829 | 100% | |
| 1983 | 765 | 0.000220879 | 759 | 6 | 98% |
| 1984 | 681 | 0.0001952 | 681 | 100% | |
| 1985 | 724 | 0.000202857 | 719 | 5 | 99% |
| 1986 | 629 | 0.000176837 | 629 | 100% | |
| 1987 | 614 | 0.000170298 | 614 | 100% | |
| 1988 | 608 | 0.000164557 | 608 | 100% | |
| 1989 | 626 | 0.000162838 | 620 | 6 | 98% |
| 1990 | 596 | 0.000150806 | 596 | 100% | |
| 1991 | 497 | 0.0001276 | 497 | 100% | |
| 1992 | 510 | 0.000132779 | 510 | 100% | |
| 1993 | 476 | 0.000126261 | 476 | 100% | |
| 1994 | 442 | 0.000118902 | 442 | 100% | |
| 1995 | 377 | 0.000102952 | 377 | 100% | |
| 1996 | 350 | 0.000095971 | 350 | 100% | |
| 1997 | 316 | 0.00008716 | 316 | 100% | |
| 1998 | 312 | 0.000084829 | 312 | 100% | |
| 1999 | 335 | 0.000090697 | 335 | 100% | |
| 2000 | 314 | 0.000083077 | 314 | 100% | |
| 2001 | 319 | 0.000085224 | 319 | 100% | |
| 2002 | 264 | 0.00007063 | 264 | 100% | |
| 2003 | 292 | 0.000076807 | 292 | 100% | |
| 2004 | 289 | 0.000075647 | 289 | 100% | |
| 2005 | 237 | 0.000061652 | 237 | 100% | |
| 2006 | 267 | 0.000067504 | 267 | 100% | |
| 2007 | 263 | 0.000065805 | 263 | 100% | |
| 2008 | 244 | 0.000062096 | 244 | 100% | |
| 2009 | 227 | 0.000059442 | 227 | 100% | |
| 2010 | 243 | 0.000065775 | 243 | 100% | |
| 2011 | 278 | 0.000076033 | 278 | 100% | |
| 2012 | 279 | 0.000076319 | 279 | 100% | |
| 2013 | 335 | 0.000091941 | 335 | 100% | |
| 2014 | 385 | 0.000103936 | 385 | 100% | |
| 2015 | 398 | 0.000107614 | 398 | 100% | |
| 2016 | 454 | 0.000123845 | 454 | 100% | |
| 2017 | 507 | 0.000141907 | 507 | 100% | |
| 2018 | 524 | 0.000149213 | 524 | 100% | |
| 2019 | 545 | 0.00015725 | 545 | 100% | |
| 2020 | 563 | 0.000168867 | 563 | 100% | |
| 2021 | 648 | 0.000191732 | 648 | 100% | |
| 2022 | 642 | 0.000190964 | 642 | 100% |