Dorothy remains a common girls' name (#421 in 2025), down from a peak of #2 in 1920.
Dorothy is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #421 for girl births in the United States (and #860 across all names), given to 743 babies. Dorothy was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1924 (39,996 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 743 | 743 | #421 | — |
| 2024 | 718 | 718 | #430 | — |
| 2023 | 664 | 664 | #463 | — |
| 2022 | 645 | 645 | #487 | — |
| 2021 | 649 | 649 | #483 | — |
| 2020 | 565 | 565 | #535 | — |
| 2019 | 546 | 546 | #561 | — |
| 2018 | 530 | 530 | #580 | — |
| 2017 | 507 | 507 | #590 | — |
| 2016 | 456 | 456 | #644 | — |
| 2015 | 398 | 398 | #714 | — |
| 2014 | 385 | 385 | #727 | — |
| 2013 | 335 | 335 | #806 | — |
| 2012 | 279 | 279 | #922 | — |
| 2011 | 279 | 279 | #927 | — |
| 2010 | 243 | 243 | #1,027 | — |
| 2009 | 227 | 227 | #1,117 | — |
| 2008 | 244 | 244 | #1,071 | — |
| 2007 | 263 | 263 | #1,004 | — |
| 2006 | 267 | 267 | #977 | — |
| 2005 | 237 | 237 | #1,025 | — |
| 2004 | 290 | 290 | #849 | — |
| 2003 | 292 | 292 | #835 | — |
| 2002 | 264 | 264 | #868 | — |
| 2001 | 319 | 319 | #751 | — |
| 2000 | 314 | 314 | #737 | — |
| 1999 | 335 | 335 | #679 | — |
| 1998 | 312 | 312 | #710 | — |
| 1997 | 316 | — | #683 | — |
| 1996 | 350 | — | #640 | — |
| 1995 | 377 | — | #597 | — |
| 1994 | 443 | — | #549 | — |
| 1993 | 476 | — | #515 | — |
| 1992 | 509 | — | #486 | — |
| 1991 | 497 | — | #486 | — |
| 1990 | 596 | — | #426 | — |
| 1989 | 626 | — | #398 | #7,239 |
| 1988 | 608 | — | #396 | — |
| 1987 | 614 | — | #381 | — |
| 1986 | 629 | — | #373 | — |
| 1985 | 724 | — | #332 | #6,826 |
| 1984 | 681 | — | #340 | — |
| 1983 | 765 | — | #305 | #5,673 |
| 1982 | 829 | — | #298 | — |
| 1981 | 793 | — | #307 | #6,544 |
| 1980 | 896 | — | #278 | — |
| 1979 | 890 | — | #272 | — |
| 1978 | 914 | — | #260 | — |
| 1977 | 933 | — | #269 | — |
| 1976 | 982 | — | #240 | — |
| 1975 | 981 | — | #250 | #5,703 |
| 1974 | 1,098 | — | #232 | — |
| 1973 | 1,182 | — | #215 | #4,197 |
| 1972 | 1,280 | — | #218 | #4,105 |
| 1971 | 1,624 | — | #191 | — |
| 1970 | 1,804 | — | #180 | #4,910 |
| 1969 | 1,788 | — | #181 | #2,576 |
| 1968 | 2,097 | — | #157 | #2,611 |
| 1967 | 2,326 | — | #148 | #2,392 |
| 1966 | 2,676 | — | #136 | #2,364 |
| 1965 | 2,974 | — | #130 | #2,294 |
| 1964 | 3,545 | — | #118 | #2,450 |
| 1963 | 3,806 | — | #116 | #2,723 |
| 1962 | 4,089 | — | #111 | #2,059 |
| 1961 | 4,745 | — | #99 | #2,351 |
| 1960 | 5,097 | — | #95 | #1,783 |
| 1959 | 5,245 | — | #94 | #2,225 |
| 1958 | 5,559 | — | #86 | #1,783 |
| 1957 | 6,432 | — | #74 | #1,519 |
| 1956 | 6,880 | — | #72 | #1,689 |
| 1955 | 7,272 | — | #64 | #1,404 |
| 1954 | 7,811 | — | #55 | #1,641 |
| 1953 | 8,181 | — | #49 | #1,780 |
| 1952 | 8,634 | — | #46 | #1,525 |
| 1951 | 9,119 | — | #42 | #1,353 |
| 1950 | 9,579 | — | #35 | #1,374 |
| 1949 | 10,437 | — | #32 | #1,414 |
| 1948 | 11,348 | — | #29 | #1,499 |
| 1947 | 12,785 | — | #26 | #1,304 |
| 1946 | 12,839 | — | #23 | #1,062 |
| 1945 | 12,375 | — | #21 | #864 |
| 1944 | 13,426 | — | #19 | #938 |
| 1943 | 14,859 | — | #19 | #808 |
| 1942 | 15,099 | — | #17 | #824 |
| 1941 | 14,638 | — | #14 | #731 |
| 1940 | 14,960 | — | #12 | #656 |
| 1939 | 15,242 | — | #9 | #695 |
| 1938 | 16,457 | — | #8 | #594 |
| 1937 | 16,645 | — | #8 | #701 |
| 1936 | 17,767 | — | #6 | #574 |
| 1935 | 19,527 | — | #6 | #525 |
| 1934 | 21,397 | — | #5 | #550 |
| 1933 | 22,171 | — | #4 | #524 |
| 1932 | 25,086 | — | #4 | #558 |
| 1931 | 26,665 | — | #3 | #479 |
| 1930 | 30,564 | — | #3 | #480 |
| 1929 | 31,594 | — | #3 | #538 |
| 1928 | 33,855 | — | #3 | #552 |
| 1927 | 36,117 | — | #2 | #553 |
| 1926 | 36,737 | — | #2 | #564 |
| 1925 | 38,669 | — | #2 | #639 |
| 1924 | 40,097 | — | #2 | #639 |
| 1923 | 39,135 | — | #2 | #668 |
| 1922 | 37,782 | — | #2 | #843 |
| 1921 | 39,174 | — | #2 | #694 |
| 1920 | 36,719 | — | #2 | #756 |
| 1919 | 31,799 | — | #3 | #802 |
| 1918 | 32,089 | — | #3 | #860 |
| 1917 | 28,912 | — | #3 | #824 |
| 1916 | 27,490 | — | #3 | #703 |
| 1915 | 25,198 | — | #3 | #943 |
| 1914 | 18,822 | — | #3 | #858 |
| 1913 | 14,717 | — | #3 | #700 |
| 1912 | 12,687 | — | #3 | #651 |
| 1911 | 8,900 | — | #4 | #535 |
| 1910 | 7,342 | — | #4 | #585 |
| 1909 | 6,279 | — | #5 | #507 |
| 1908 | 5,722 | — | #6 | #596 |
| 1907 | 4,988 | — | #6 | #517 |
| 1906 | 4,346 | — | #6 | #508 |
| 1905 | 3,948 | — | #7 | #756 |
| 1904 | 3,494 | — | #10 | #544 |
| 1903 | 3,085 | — | #11 | #932 |
| 1902 | 2,714 | — | #15 | #954 |
| 1901 | 2,173 | — | #22 | — |
| 1900 | 2,499 | — | #27 | #984 |
| 1899 | 1,695 | — | #35 | #801 |
| 1898 | 1,671 | — | #43 | — |
| 1897 | 1,478 | — | #43 | #973 |
| 1896 | 1,366 | — | #46 | — |
| 1895 | 1,132 | — | #57 | #1,121 |
| 1894 | 1,059 | — | #58 | #885 |
| 1893 | 821 | — | #68 | — |
| 1892 | 626 | — | #79 | — |
| 1891 | 566 | — | #76 | — |
| 1890 | 458 | — | #93 | — |
| 1889 | 377 | — | #102 | — |
| 1888 | 373 | — | #103 | — |
| 1887 | 272 | — | #112 | — |
| 1886 | 230 | — | #122 | — |
| 1885 | 196 | — | #128 | — |
| 1884 | 163 | — | #137 | — |
| 1883 | 141 | — | #137 | — |
| 1882 | 115 | — | #150 | — |
| 1881 | 109 | — | #144 | — |
| 1880 | 112 | — | #139 | — |