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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Dorthey

Dorthey was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1932, when it ranked 916th with 59 babies. More babies were named Dorthey in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
193259 babies
Total since 1880
1,559babies recorded

Dorthey popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980——
1970——
1960#3,54913
1950#2,45917
1940#1,37930
1930#1,05449
1920#1,19641
1910#1,8168
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Dorthey, counting every spelling?

Dorthey has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Dorthey?

About 400 people born in the US named Dorthey are alive today, with a median age of 79; half are between 70 and 86. That makes Dorthey a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Dorthey by state

How common Dorthey was among girls born in each state in 1930–1934, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Texas (2.6×). In 46 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesAR0.13Tennessee: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesTN0.11North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesOK0.16Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesMS0.07Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesTX0.12Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Dorthey, girls, 1930–1934. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Dorthey: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Dorthey, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Dorthey

How popular is the name Dorthey?

Dorthey was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1932, when it ranked 916th with 59 babies. More babies were named Dorthey in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Dorthey a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,559 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Dorthey most popular?

In 1930–1934, Dorthey was most common in Oklahoma (0.16 per 1,000 girls), followed by Arkansas and Texas.