NameTides

Dorothy

Dorothy was the #421 girls' name in the US in 2025 (743 babies), and #199 in England & Wales and #549 in Canada.

Dorothy as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Dorothy as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesNorthern IrelandUSCanadaIrelandScotland
Dorothy as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#421 (743)#199 (253)#539 (5)#231 (7)#544 (6)#549 (55)—
2024#429 (718)#193 (251)——#631 (5)#566 (52)—
2023#463 (664)#199 (250)—#302 (5)#495 (7)#574 (50)—
2022#486 (645)#187 (272)#625 (4)#418 (3)—#710 (39)—
2021#483 (649)#177 (289)#485 (6)——#725 (40)—
2020#535 (565)#175 (288)#636 (4)—#834 (3)#596 (48)—
2019#561 (546)#187 (265)——#502 (7)#676 (44)—
2018#580 (530)#246 (206)#680 (4)#434 (3)#734 (4)#690 (42)—
2017#590 (507)#250 (199)——#651 (5)#668 (44)—
2016#644 (456)#274 (181)——#868 (3)#688 (43)—
2015#714 (398)#343 (138)———#1,016 (25)—
2014#727 (385)#359 (126)——#584 (6)#756 (37)—
2013#806 (335)#397 (107)——#747 (4)#690 (41)—
2012#922 (279)#709 (58)#815 (3)—#907 (3)#1,297 (19)—
2011#927 (279)#603 (67)——#695 (5)#1,081 (23)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1923 at #2.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,200 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Dorothy is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,000 to 1 in 2,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Dorothy by state, 2025Alaska: #112AKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #274WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #139NHWashington: #239WAIdaho: #402IDMontana: #144MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #377MNIllinois: #384ILMichigan: #424MINew York: #452NYMassachusetts: #375MAOregon: #223ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #323IAIndiana: #234INOhio: #371OHPennsylvania: #303PANew Jersey: #774NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #700CAUtah: #239UTColorado: #317CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #208MOKentucky: #653KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #359VAMaryland: #253MDDelaware: #167DEArizona: #515AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #497KSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #349TNNorth Carolina: #344NCSouth Carolina: #311SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #483OKLouisiana: #394LAMississippi: #384MSAlabama: #318ALGeorgia: #487GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #606TXFlorida: #714FL
Dorothy (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#56422

Dorothy (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DorothyCanadaGirls#54955
DorothyEngland & WalesGirls#199253
DorothyIrelandGirls#5446
DorothyNorthern IrelandGirls#2317
DorothyNSWGirls—too few
DorothyScotlandGirls#5395
DorothyUSGirls#421743
DorothyUSBoys—too few