Dorthy was the #10,917 girls' name in the US in 2025 (8 babies).
Dorthy as a girl’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#10,917 (8)
2024
#12,161 (7)
2023
#8,486 (12)
2022
#11,231 (8)
2020
#8,406 (12)
2019
#10,473 (9)
2018
#10,545 (9)
2017
#12,713 (7)
2016
#16,215 (5)
2015
#14,482 (6)
2014
#10,129 (10)
2013
#16,547 (5)
2012
#14,962 (6)
2011
#13,347 (7)
2010
#12,276 (8)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1930 at #234.
Falling over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1885.
How common is it?
about 1 in 200,000 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.