Dorothy Girl Name

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The name Dorothy is of Greek origin, and means goddess of gifts. The table below indicates the number of times the name Dorothy has been given to baby girls in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Dorothy**
Use of the Name Dorothy for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
1,102,334	88,766	12,774	3,128	1,449	571	281

The table below indicates the number of times the name Dorothy has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Dorothy**
	Used as a Girl Name		Used as a Boy Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1880	139	112
1881	144	109
1882	150	115
1883	137	141
1884	137	163
1885	128	196
1886	122	231
1887	112	272
1888	103	373
1889	102	377
1890	93	458
1891	76	566
1892	79	626
1893	68	822
1894	58	1,053	885	7
1895	57	1,127
1896	46	1,366
1897	43	1,471	974	6
1898	43	1,672
1899	35	1,687	801	8
1900	26	2,498	988	8
1901	22	2,173
1902	15	2,708	954	7
1903	11	3,079	932	7
1904	10	3,475	544	17
1905	7	3,934	758	11
1906	6	4,322	508	20
1907	6	4,963	518	21
1908	6	5,696	594	19
1909	5	6,243	506	26
1910	4	7,297	587	24
1911	4	8,844	533	31
1912	3	12,610	664	41
1913	3	14,637	698	43
1914	3	18,755	839	41
1915	3	25,145	942	44
1916	3	27,412	705	72
1917	3	28,844	822	60
1918	3	32,032	864	59
1919	3	31,726	814	65
1920	2	36,616	752	76
1921	2	39,080	694	88
1922	2	37,699	847	65
1923	2	39,004	676	90
1924	2	39,998	637	103
1925	2	38,551	639	99
1926	2	36,591	565	118
1927	2	35,996	552	124
1928	3	33,678	555	120
1929	3	31,447	535	119
1930	3	30,374	480	155
1931	3	26,504	479	140
1932	4	24,959	562	110
1933	4	22,028	524	117
1934	5	21,267	551	115
1935	6	19,399	528	120
1936	6	17,654	572	102
1937	8	16,573	697	74
1938	8	16,347	595	98
1939	9	15,169	696	73
1940	12	14,847	656	85
1941	14	14,553	732	72
1942	17	15,056	825	62
1943	19	14,747	814	65
1944	19	13,366	935	47
1945	20	12,329	853	54
1946	23	12,778
1947	26	12,737
1948	29	11,299
1949	32	10,419
1950	35	9,573
1951	42	9,035
1952	46	8,629
1953	49	8,138
1954	55	7,798
1955	64	7,240
1956	72	6,872
1957	74	6,404
1958	86	5,534
1959	94	5,237
1960	95	5,070
1961	99	4,734
1962	111	4,068
1963	116	3,795
1964	118	3,538
1965	130	2,963
1966	136	2,665
1967	148	2,317
1968	157	2,099
1969	181	1,782
1970	180	1,804
1971	190	1,627
1972	218	1,275
1973	215	1,176
1974	231	1,104
1975	249	973
1976	240	983
1977	269	933
1978	260	912
1979	272	887
1980	278	896
1981	307	788
1982	298	828
1983	304	760
1984	337	683
1985	332	717
1986	374	624
1987	383	612
1988	396	604
1989	397	623
1990	426	597
1991	487	494
1992	486	507
1993	515	477
1994	554	436
1995	598	375
1996	638	350
1997	690	312
1998	712	310
1999	682	332
2000	747	307
2001	767	310
2002	871	261
2003	835	290
2004	859	281
Totals:		1,102,334		3,128

During the last 125 years, parents have used Dorothy as a girl's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a boy's name.

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