Dorathy

Girl · recorded 1895–1978

  • 1978last recorded
  • 1918best year

Most popular in 1918.

Last recorded in 1978. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Dorathy.

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Its story

Popularity since 1895

0346818951916193719571978

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 73 recorded years as a table
Dorathy, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189534
190125
190223
190323
190440
190521
190630
190716
190839
190935
191020
191141
191252
191353
191447
191554
191655
191756
191868
191957
192053
192166
192257
192347
192459
192553
192638
192749
192856
192944
193035
193139
193228
193342
193434
193527
193630
193728
193822
193916
194022
194116
194216
194319
194421
194518
194616
19477
194811
19498
195017
19519
195211
19539
19546
19553
19566
19576
19586
19595
19605
19613
19626
19633
19645
19653
19667
19674
19684
19695
19714
19774
19783

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dorathy isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Dorathy

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1978
5
Rank in 1978
#9,750
How rare
1 in 306,371 girls
Since 1895
1,928

Dorathy was last recorded in 1978. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1918, at 68 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Dorathy doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.