The baby name Dorothy appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 2024. It was most popular in 1926 with 53,239 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Dorothy has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 9,614 |
| 1911 | 11,544 |
| 1911 | 5 |
| 1912 | 16,017 |
| 1912 | 12 |
| 1913 | 18,722 |
| 1913 | 5 |
| 1914 | 23,950 |
| 1914 | 18 |
| 1915 | 32,311 |
| 1915 | 7 |
| 1916 | 35,567 |
| 1916 | 32 |
| 1917 | 37,480 |
| 1917 | 16 |
| 1918 | 41,532 |
| 1918 | 19 |
| 1919 | 41,123 |
| 1919 | 39 |
| 1920 | 45,953 |
| 1920 | 24 |
| 1921 | 49,248 |
| 1921 | 43 |
| 1922 | 42,887 |
| 1922 | 26 |
| 1923 | 50,412 |
| 1923 | 46 |
| 1924 | 52,306 |
| 1924 | 17 |
| 1925 | 52,203 |
| 1925 | 52 |
| 1926 | 53,239 |
| 1926 | 76 |
| 1927 | 52,650 |
| 1927 | 77 |
| 1928 | 51,296 |
| 1928 | 78 |
| 1929 | 47,589 |
| 1929 | 126 |
| 1930 | 45,804 |
| 1930 | 155 |
| 1931 | 37,798 |
| 1931 | 121 |
| 1932 | 35,921 |
| 1932 | 90 |
| 1933 | 31,574 |
| 1933 | 78 |
| 1934 | 28,269 |
| 1934 | 70 |
| 1935 | 24,916 |
| 1935 | 93 |
| 1936 | 23,576 |
| 1936 | 56 |
| 1937 | 22,190 |
| 1937 | 21 |
| 1938 | 21,482 |
| 1938 | 60 |
| 1939 | 17,782 |
| 1939 | 27 |
| 1940 | 18,889 |
| 1940 | 26 |
| 1941 | 16,226 |
| 1941 | 24 |
| 1942 | 16,357 |
| 1942 | 35 |
| 1943 | 18,907 |
| 1943 | 15 |
| 1944 | 14,668 |
| 1944 | 5 |
| 1945 | 13,505 |
| 1945 | 6 |
| 1946 | 13,987 |
| 1946 | 13 |
| 1947 | 14,410 |
| 1948 | 12,889 |
| 1949 | 11,895 |
| 1949 | 10 |
| 1950 | 11,219 |
| 1951 | 11,066 |
| 1952 | 10,992 |
| 1953 | 10,360 |
| 1954 | 9,477 |
| 1955 | 8,658 |
| 1956 | 8,387 |
| 1957 | 8,122 |
| 1957 | 5 |
| 1958 | 6,950 |
| 1959 | 6,626 |
| 1960 | 6,610 |
| 1960 | 5 |
| 1961 | 6,279 |
| 1962 | 4,949 |
| 1963 | 4,175 |
| 1964 | 4,252 |
| 1965 | 3,553 |
| 1966 | 3,147 |
| 1967 | 2,806 |
| 1968 | 2,591 |
| 1969 | 2,138 |
| 1970 | 2,262 |
| 1971 | 2,040 |
| 1972 | 1,486 |
| 1973 | 1,368 |
| 1974 | 1,286 |
| 1975 | 1,137 |
| 1976 | 1,104 |
| 1977 | 1,166 |
| 1978 | 1,134 |
| 1979 | 1,106 |
| 1980 | 1,029 |
| 1981 | 854 |
| 1982 | 879 |
| 1983 | 822 |
| 1984 | 792 |
| 1985 | 829 |
| 1986 | 750 |
| 1987 | 744 |
| 1988 | 669 |
| 1989 | 706 |
| 1990 | 555 |
| 1991 | 573 |
| 1992 | 533 |
| 1993 | 522 |
| 1994 | 446 |
| 1995 | 339 |
| 1996 | 353 |
| 1997 | 327 |
| 1998 | 311 |
| 1999 | 312 |
| 2000 | 259 |
| 2001 | 305 |
| 2002 | 208 |
| 2003 | 260 |
| 2004 | 323 |
| 2005 | 243 |
| 2006 | 283 |
| 2007 | 258 |
| 2008 | 254 |
| 2009 | 201 |
| 2010 | 209 |
| 2011 | 266 |
| 2012 | 238 |
| 2013 | 302 |
| 2014 | 334 |
| 2015 | 395 |
| 2016 | 427 |
| 2017 | 569 |
| 2018 | 557 |
| 2019 | 577 |
| 2020 | 632 |
| 2021 | 723 |
| 2022 | 769 |
| 2023 | 810 |
| 2024 | 841 |