Feminine dossier · first seen 1885

Dorthy

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

Endangered Down 99% from peak

Peak era

1927

Peak rank proxy

695

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1885Peak 19272024

Peak year

1927

Decline from peak

99%

2024

All-time

20,329

Dorthy 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 1927, when 695 girls were named Dorthy.

In 2024, only 7 girls were given the name.

Down 99% from its peak.

All told, about 20,329 Americans have been named Dorthy and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1885.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99% from peak

1927695 girls named Dorthy

20247 girls named Dorthy

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