Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Dorothy

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Dorothy
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.2% from peak

Peak era

1924

Peak rank proxy

39,996

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19242024

Peak year

1924

Decline from peak

98.2%

2024

714

All-time

1,111,479

Dorothy once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1924, when 39,996 girls were named Dorothy.

In 2024, only 714 girls were given the name.

Down 98.2% from its peak.

All told, about 1,111,479 Americans have been named Dorothy and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.2% from peak

192439,996 girls named Dorothy

2024714 girls named Dorothy

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