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How popular is “Dorthy” in the USA?

Number of people named “Dorthy” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Dorthy” 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 “Dorthy” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Dorthy” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Dorthy” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Dorthy” by birth year

This chart shows how “Dorthy” 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
1885 6 0.000024911 6 100%
1887 6 0.000024253 6 100%
1888 7 0.000023374 7 100%
1890 7 0.000023225 7 100%
1894 13 0.000038383 13 100%
1895 11 0.000031337 11 100%
1896 7 0.000019581 7 100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 100%
1898 14 0.000036702 14 100%
1899 15 0.000044217 15 100%
1900 24 0.000053303 24 100%
1901 21 0.000060727 21 100%
1902 21 0.000054301 21 100%
1903 32 0.000083945 32 100%
1904 29 0.000071874 29 100%
1905 28 0.00006605 28 100%
1906 33 0.000077022 33 100%
1907 39 0.000083801 39 100%
1908 47 0.000096184 47 100%
1909 73 0.000142795 73 100%
1910 67 0.000113423 67 100%
1911 57 0.000088471 57 100%
1912 110 0.000111329 110 100%
1913 126 0.000110807 126 100%
1914 143 0.000100964 143 100%
1915 228 0.000124425 228 100%
1916 278 0.000143713 278 100%
1917 322 0.000160458 322 100%
1918 412 0.000189765 412 100%
1919 382 0.000181022 382 100%
1920 437 0.000193137 437 100%
1921 491 0.000210323 491 100%
1922 513 0.0002241 513 100%
1923 524 0.000227581 517 7 97%
1924 608 0.000255289 608 100%
1925 580 0.000248575 580 100%
1926 656 0.000285726 648 8 98%
1927 700 0.000301808 695 5 99%
1928 641 0.000283511 641 100%
1929 617 0.000281457 617 100%
1930 684 0.000307652 684 100%
1931 538 0.000255656 529 9 97%
1932 586 0.000277555 576 10 97%
1933 560 0.000280077 554 6 98%
1934 577 0.000277829 577 100%
1935 539 0.000257907 532 7 97%
1936 444 0.00021371 438 6 97%
1937 465 0.000218241 465 100%
1938 429 0.000193892 422 7 97%
1939 409 0.000185619 401 8 96%
1940 400 0.00017371 400 100%
1941 365 0.00014981 365 100%
1942 390 0.000142762 390 100%
1943 357 0.000126481 351 6 97%
1944 379 0.000140888 379 100%
1945 301 0.00011346 301 100%
1946 307 0.000096078 307 100%
1947 309 0.000085778 309 100%
1948 272 0.000078783 272 100%
1949 271 0.000077767 271 100%
1950 231 0.000065937 231 100%
1951 216 0.000058636 216 100%
1952 187 0.000049236 187 100%
1953 188 0.000048785 188 100%
1954 194 0.000048735 194 100%
1955 187 0.000046574 187 100%
1956 177 0.00004293 177 100%
1957 155 0.000036886 155 100%
1958 161 0.000038946 161 100%
1959 132 0.000031746 132 100%
1960 120 0.000028889 120 100%
1961 133 0.000032108 133 100%
1962 86 0.000021312 86 100%
1963 94 0.000023748 94 100%
1964 68 0.000017491 68 100%
1965 84 0.00002317 84 100%
1966 58 0.000016688 58 100%
1967 57 0.00001679 57 100%
1968 47 0.000013912 47 100%
1969 48 0.000013812 48 100%
1970 45 0.000012477 45 100%
1971 48 0.000013985 48 100%
1972 47 0.000014954 47 100%
1973 38 0.000012596 38 100%
1974 30 0.000009868 30 100%
1975 35 0.000011592 35 100%
1976 24 0.00000791 24 100%
1977 27 0.0000085 27 100%
1978 25 0.000007877 25 100%
1979 24 0.000007214 24 100%
1980 33 0.00000958 33 100%
1981 20 0.000005781 20 100%
1982 28 0.000007982 28 100%
1983 18 0.000005197 18 100%
1984 16 0.000004586 16 100%
1985 24 0.000006724 24 100%
1986 20 0.000005623 20 100%
1987 9 0.000002496 9 100%
1988 26 0.000007036 26 100%
1989 18 0.000004682 18 100%
1990 14 0.000003542 14 100%
1991 13 0.000003337 13 100%
1992 14 0.000003645 14 100%
1993 10 0.000002652 10 100%
1994 16 0.000004304 16 100%
1995 13 0.00000355 13 100%
1996 12 0.00000329 12 100%
1997 11 0.000003034 11 100%
1998 16 0.00000435 16 100%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 100%
2000 11 0.00000291 11 100%
2001 10 0.000002671 10 100%
2002 6 0.000001605 6 100%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 100%
2004 7 0.000001832 7 100%
2005 6 0.000001561 6 100%
2006 11 0.00000278 11 100%
2007 6 0.000001501 6 100%
2008 6 0.000001526 6 100%
2009 7 0.000001832 7 100%
2010 8 0.000002165 8 100%
2011 7 0.000001914 7 100%
2012 6 0.000001641 6 100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 100%
2014 10 0.000002698 10 100%
2015 6 0.000001621 6 100%
2016 5 0.000001363 5 100%
2017 7 0.000001957 7 100%
2018 9 0.00000256 9 100%
2019 9 0.000002593 9 100%
2020 12 0.000003592 12 100%
2022 8 0.000002365 8 100%
2023 12 0.000003624 12 100%
2024 7 0.000002103 7 100%

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