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 | 0.000649931 | 141 | 100% | |
| 1884 | 163 | 0.000669512 | 163 | 100% | |
| 1885 | 196 | 0.000813771 | 196 | 100% | |
| 1886 | 230 | 0.000900844 | 230 | 100% | |
| 1887 | 272 | 0.00109947 | 272 | 100% | |
| 1888 | 373 | 0.001245517 | 373 | 100% | |
| 1889 | 377 | 0.001304742 | 377 | 100% | |
| 1890 | 458 | 0.00151957 | 458 | 100% | |
| 1891 | 566 | 0.001974375 | 566 | 100% | |
| 1892 | 626 | 0.001872155 | 626 | 100% | |
| 1893 | 821 | 0.002524422 | 821 | 100% | |
| 1894 | 1059 | 0.003126753 | 1052 | 7 | 99% |
| 1895 | 1132 | 0.003224887 | 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 | 0.005550151 | 2491 | 8 | 99% |
| 1901 | 2173 | 0.006283761 | 2173 | 100% | |
| 1902 | 2714 | 0.007017761 | 2707 | 7 | 99% |
| 1903 | 3085 | 0.008092864 | 3078 | 7 | 100% |
| 1904 | 3494 | 0.008659554 | 3477 | 17 | 99% |
| 1905 | 3948 | 0.009313034 | 3937 | 11 | 99% |
| 1906 | 4346 | 0.010143517 | 4326 | 20 | 99% |
| 1907 | 4988 | 0.010717892 | 4967 | 21 | 99% |
| 1908 | 5722 | 0.011709836 | 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 | 0.012840288 | 12645 | 42 | 99% |
| 1913 | 14717 | 0.012942459 | 14674 | 43 | 99% |
| 1914 | 18822 | 0.013289144 | 18782 | 40 | 100% |
| 1915 | 25198 | 0.01375117 | 25154 | 44 | 100% |
| 1916 | 27490 | 0.014211 | 27418 | 72 | 99% |
| 1917 | 28912 | 0.014407375 | 28852 | 60 | 100% |
| 1918 | 32089 | 0.014779991 | 32030 | 59 | 100% |
| 1919 | 31799 | 0.015068866 | 31733 | 66 | 100% |
| 1920 | 36719 | 0.016228367 | 36643 | 76 | 100% |
| 1921 | 39174 | 0.01678043 | 39087 | 87 | 100% |
| 1922 | 37782 | 0.016504772 | 37716 | 66 | 100% |
| 1923 | 39135 | 0.016996883 | 39043 | 92 | 100% |
| 1924 | 40097 | 0.01683609 | 39996 | 101 | 99% |
| 1925 | 38669 | 0.016572651 | 38570 | 99 | 99% |
| 1926 | 36737 | 0.016001098 | 36618 | 119 | 99% |
| 1927 | 36117 | 0.015571982 | 35993 | 124 | 99% |
| 1928 | 33855 | 0.014973873 | 33733 | 122 | 99% |
| 1929 | 31595 | 0.014412719 | 31477 | 118 | 99% |
| 1930 | 30562 | 0.013746307 | 30409 | 153 | 99% |
| 1931 | 26665 | 0.012671143 | 26524 | 141 | 99% |
| 1932 | 25089 | 0.01188325 | 24977 | 112 | 99% |
| 1933 | 22169 | 0.011087566 | 22052 | 117 | 99% |
| 1934 | 21397 | 0.01030279 | 21281 | 116 | 99% |
| 1935 | 19527 | 0.00934351 | 19406 | 121 | 99% |
| 1936 | 17767 | 0.008551785 | 17666 | 101 | 99% |
| 1937 | 16646 | 0.007812566 | 16573 | 73 | 99% |
| 1938 | 16456 | 0.007437491 | 16357 | 99 | 99% |
| 1939 | 15242 | 0.006917359 | 15169 | 73 | 99% |
| 1940 | 14960 | 0.006496764 | 14875 | 85 | 99% |
| 1941 | 14638 | 0.006007983 | 14566 | 72 | 99% |
| 1942 | 15097 | 0.005526356 | 15035 | 62 | 99% |
| 1943 | 14860 | 0.005264726 | 14794 | 66 | 99% |
| 1944 | 13427 | 0.004991303 | 13380 | 47 | 99% |
| 1945 | 12375 | 0.004664689 | 12323 | 52 | 99% |
| 1946 | 12840 | 0.004018393 | 12798 | 42 | 99% |
| 1947 | 12785 | 0.0035491 | 12753 | 32 | 99% |
| 1948 | 11346 | 0.003286297 | 11322 | 24 | 100% |
| 1949 | 10436 | 0.002994741 | 10409 | 27 | 99% |
| 1950 | 9578 | 0.002733948 | 9550 | 28 | 99% |
| 1951 | 9120 | 0.002475746 | 9090 | 30 | 99% |
| 1952 | 8633 | 0.002273035 | 8608 | 25 | 99% |
| 1953 | 8182 | 0.002123185 | 8163 | 19 | 100% |
| 1954 | 7812 | 0.001962465 | 7790 | 22 | 99% |
| 1955 | 7272 | 0.001811172 | 7242 | 30 | 99% |
| 1956 | 6880 | 0.001668673 | 6858 | 22 | 99% |
| 1957 | 6432 | 0.001530648 | 6405 | 27 | 99% |
| 1958 | 5559 | 0.001344734 | 5539 | 20 | 99% |
| 1959 | 5245 | 0.001261426 | 5231 | 14 | 99% |
| 1960 | 5097 | 0.001227065 | 5076 | 21 | 99% |
| 1961 | 4744 | 0.001145257 | 4731 | 13 | 99% |
| 1962 | 4089 | 0.001013289 | 4073 | 16 | 99% |
| 1963 | 3806 | 0.000961548 | 3796 | 10 | 99% |
| 1964 | 3545 | 0.000911872 | 3533 | 12 | 99% |
| 1965 | 2974 | 0.000820312 | 2961 | 13 | 99% |
| 1966 | 2676 | 0.000769927 | 2664 | 12 | 99% |
| 1967 | 2326 | 0.000685146 | 2314 | 12 | 99% |
| 1968 | 2097 | 0.000620706 | 2086 | 11 | 99% |
| 1969 | 1788 | 0.000514485 | 1776 | 12 | 99% |
| 1970 | 1804 | 0.000500206 | 1799 | 5 | 99% |
| 1971 | 1624 | 0.000473145 | 1624 | 100% | |
| 1972 | 1281 | 0.000407573 | 1274 | 7 | 99% |
| 1973 | 1182 | 0.000391795 | 1175 | 7 | 99% |
| 1974 | 1098 | 0.000361184 | 1098 | 100% | |
| 1975 | 981 | 0.0003249 | 976 | 5 | 99% |
| 1976 | 982 | 0.000323633 | 982 | 100% | |
| 1977 | 933 | 0.00029372 | 933 | 100% | |
| 1978 | 914 | 0.000287976 | 914 | 100% | |
| 1979 | 890 | 0.000267508 | 890 | 100% | |
| 1980 | 896 | 0.000260124 | 896 | 100% | |
| 1981 | 793 | 0.000229232 | 788 | 5 | 99% |
| 1982 | 829 | 0.00023632 | 829 | 100% | |
| 1983 | 765 | 0.000220885 | 759 | 6 | 98% |
| 1984 | 681 | 0.000195199 | 681 | 100% | |
| 1985 | 724 | 0.000202852 | 719 | 5 | 99% |
| 1986 | 629 | 0.000176831 | 629 | 100% | |
| 1987 | 614 | 0.00017029 | 614 | 100% | |
| 1988 | 608 | 0.000164545 | 608 | 100% | |
| 1989 | 626 | 0.000162832 | 620 | 6 | 98% |
| 1990 | 596 | 0.000150791 | 596 | 100% | |
| 1991 | 497 | 0.000127591 | 497 | 100% | |
| 1992 | 509 | 0.000132508 | 509 | 100% | |
| 1993 | 476 | 0.000126251 | 476 | 100% | |
| 1994 | 443 | 0.000119161 | 443 | 100% | |
| 1995 | 377 | 0.000102945 | 377 | 100% | |
| 1996 | 350 | 0.000095964 | 350 | 100% | |
| 1997 | 316 | 0.000087154 | 316 | 100% | |
| 1998 | 312 | 0.000084824 | 312 | 100% | |
| 1999 | 335 | 0.000090691 | 335 | 100% | |
| 2000 | 314 | 0.000083071 | 314 | 100% | |
| 2001 | 319 | 0.000085217 | 319 | 100% | |
| 2002 | 264 | 0.000070621 | 264 | 100% | |
| 2003 | 292 | 0.000076795 | 292 | 100% | |
| 2004 | 290 | 0.000075898 | 290 | 100% | |
| 2005 | 237 | 0.000061641 | 237 | 100% | |
| 2006 | 267 | 0.000067489 | 267 | 100% | |
| 2007 | 263 | 0.000065788 | 263 | 100% | |
| 2008 | 244 | 0.000062076 | 244 | 100% | |
| 2009 | 227 | 0.000059421 | 227 | 100% | |
| 2010 | 243 | 0.000065751 | 243 | 100% | |
| 2011 | 279 | 0.000076276 | 279 | 100% | |
| 2012 | 279 | 0.000076284 | 279 | 100% | |
| 2013 | 335 | 0.00009189 | 335 | 100% | |
| 2014 | 385 | 0.000103875 | 385 | 100% | |
| 2015 | 398 | 0.000107541 | 398 | 100% | |
| 2016 | 455 | 0.000124022 | 455 | 100% | |
| 2017 | 507 | 0.000141771 | 507 | 100% | |
| 2018 | 529 | 0.000150459 | 529 | 100% | |
| 2019 | 546 | 0.000157306 | 546 | 100% | |
| 2020 | 563 | 0.000168534 | 563 | 100% | |
| 2021 | 649 | 0.000191561 | 649 | 100% | |
| 2022 | 645 | 0.000190652 | 645 | 100% | |
| 2023 | 664 | 0.000200532 | 664 | 100% | |
| 2024 | 714 | 0.000214511 | 714 | 100% |