Dorethy

Girl · recorded 1916–1939

  • 1939last recorded
  • 1926best year

Most popular in 1926.

Last recorded in 1939. 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 Dorethy.

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Its story

Popularity since 1916

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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 14 recorded years as a table
Dorethy, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19165
19176
19184
19207
19215
19225
19247
19254
192610
19277
19287
19299
19365
19395

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dorethy 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

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1939
5
Rank in 1939
#4,250
How rare
1 in 219,322 girls
Since 1916
98

Dorethy was last recorded in 1939. 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 1926, at 10 per million girls born.

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

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