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Dorothy
Pronounced /ˈdɔɹ.ə.θi/
Rank in 2024
#432
Born in 2024
714
Peak year
1924 · #2
Origin
Ancient Greek
Also recorded for boys:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 714 girls were named Dorothy, about 1 in every 2,259.
- It peaked in 1924 with 39,996 babies, ranked #2.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 1,111,479 girls have been named Dorothy since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Dorothy per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 26.8Greatest1901–27
- 17.4Silent1928–45
- 4.0Boomers1946–64
- 1.0Gen X1965–80
- 0.3Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 547,762 babies, 26.76 per 1,000. Silent: 360,597 babies, 17.45 per 1,000. Boomers: 142,967 babies, 3.99 per 1,000. Gen X: 24,362 babies, 0.95 per 1,000. Millennials: 9,495 babies, 0.34 per 1,000. Gen Z: 4,481 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 6,390 babies, 0.31 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Δωροθέα (Dōrothéa).
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /ˈdɔɹ.ə.θi/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Dorothy, CC BY-SA 4.0.