Dorthy
Girl · DOR-thee · Greek
Dorthy is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “gift of God”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Dorthy mean?
Greek: spelling of Dorothy, from Greek Dorothea
“gift of God”
Dorothy Gale is the heroine of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900).
- Say it
- DOR-thee
Is Dorthy a girl's or a boy's name?
Dorthy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dorthy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Dorthy, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 1927, with 695 girls. It first appears in the records in 1885.
Half of all the girls named Dorthy in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1944, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dorthy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 26 | #3,580 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,026 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,516 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,108 |
| 1982 | 28 | #3,092 |
| 1981 | 20 | #3,858 |
| 1980 | 33 | #2,749 |
| 1979 | 24 | #3,333 |
| 1978 | 25 | #3,098 |
| 1977 | 27 | #2,908 |
| 1976 | 24 | #3,001 |
| 1975 | 35 | #2,321 |
| 1974 | 30 | #2,497 |
| 1973 | 38 | #2,094 |
| 1972 | 47 | #1,804 |
| 1971 | 48 | #1,828 |
| 1970 | 45 | #1,904 |
| 1969 | 48 | #1,755 |
| 1968 | 47 | #1,708 |
| 1967 | 57 | #1,478 |
| 1966 | 58 | #1,448 |
| 1965 | 84 | #1,168 |
| 1964 | 68 | #1,361 |
| 1963 | 94 | #1,126 |
| 1962 | 86 | #1,184 |
| 1961 | 133 | #929 |
| 1960 | 120 | #975 |
| 1959 | 132 | #908 |
| 1958 | 161 | #789 |
| 1957 | 155 | #811 |
| 1956 | 177 | #726 |
| 1955 | 187 | #683 |
| 1954 | 194 | #662 |
| 1953 | 188 | #657 |
| 1952 | 187 | #651 |
| 1951 | 216 | #582 |
| 1950 | 231 | #541 |
| 1949 | 271 | #486 |
| 1948 | 272 | #491 |
| 1947 | 309 | #465 |
| 1946 | 307 | #440 |
| 1945 | 301 | #411 |
| 1944 | 379 | #356 |
| 1943 | 351 | #390 |
| 1942 | 390 | #352 |
| 1941 | 365 | #345 |
| 1940 | 400 | #318 |
| 1939 | 401 | #309 |
| 1938 | 422 | #305 |
| 1937 | 465 | #285 |
| 1936 | 438 | #294 |
| 1935 | 532 | #265 |
| 1934 | 577 | #261 |
| 1933 | 554 | #259 |
| 1932 | 576 | #261 |
| 1931 | 529 | #270 |
| 1930 | 684 | #234 |
| 1929 | 617 | #255 |
| 1928 | 641 | #251 |
| 1927 | 695 | #248 |
| 1926 | 649 | #261 |
| 1925 | 580 | #276 |
| 1924 | 608 | #265 |
| 1923 | 517 | #285 |
| 1922 | 513 | #288 |
| 1921 | 491 | #297 |
| 1920 | 437 | #313 |
| 1919 | 382 | #324 |
| 1918 | 412 | #315 |
| 1917 | 322 | #350 |
| 1916 | 278 | #371 |
| 1915 | 228 | #398 |
| 1914 | 143 | #458 |
| 1913 | 126 | #439 |
| 1912 | 110 | #452 |
| 1911 | 57 | #564 |
| 1910 | 67 | #495 |
| 1909 | 73 | #431 |
| 1908 | 47 | #535 |
| 1907 | 39 | #588 |
| 1906 | 33 | #622 |
| 1905 | 28 | #664 |
| 1904 | 29 | #640 |
| 1903 | 32 | #574 |
| 1902 | 21 | #756 |
| 1901 | 21 | #699 |
| 1900 | 24 | #742 |
| 1899 | 15 | #835 |
| 1898 | 14 | #920 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,554 |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,292 |
| 1895 | 11 | #986 |
| 1894 | 13 | #850 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,099 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,036 |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,036 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 6 | #921 |
Nicknames for Dorthy
Names like Dorthy
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