How Many People Are Named Dorathy?
people named Dorathy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 819,627 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,928 babies named Dorathy in Social Security records from 1895 to 1978, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
81 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Dorathy in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dorathy alive today is about 75 years old, and 89% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 67 and 84 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dorathy first appears in the records in 1895 and was given most often in 1921, to 81 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1978.
Babies given the name each year, 1895 to 1978
🏆 Rank History
Dorathy has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #802, in 1918.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #802 (1918) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #940 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dorathy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dorathy were born in New York than in any other state: about 4 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dorathy was given 4.4 times as often in Illinois and 3.3 times in New York.
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