Dorothy
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About Dorothy
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #726 | 385 | 215.5 |
| 2015 | #714 | 398 | 223 |
| 2016 | #645 | 455 | 256.8 |
| 2017 | #590 | 507 | 293.7 |
| 2018 | #581 | 529 | 311 |
| 2019 | #561 | 546 | 325.3 |
| 2020 | #535 | 563 | 348.3 |
| 2021 | #483 | 649 | 395.5 |
| 2022 | #487 | 645 | 393.3 |
| 2023 | #462 | 664 | 413.8 |
| 2024 | #431 | 714 | 440.7 |
| 2025 | #421 | 743 | 462.3 |
World rankings
Similar names
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Famous Dorothys
- Dorothy Stuart Hamill
American Olympic figure skater
- Dorothy Day
American journalist and social activist
- Dorothy Parker
American poet and author
- Dorothy Thompson
American journalist and radio broadcaster
- Dorothy Jean Dandridge
American actress
- Dorothy Hackett McGuire
American actress
- Dorothy Lamour (born Mary Slaton)
American actress and singer
- Dorothy Leigh Sayers
English novelist
- Dorothy Catherine Anstett
Miss USA 1968
- Dorothy Kathleen Benham
Miss America 1977
- Dorothy Lee (born Marjorie Millsap)
American actress/comedian
- Dorothy Compton
American voice actress
- (Dorothy) Faye Dunaway
American actress
- Dorothy Elizabeth Gish
American actress
- Dorothy Kilgallen
American journalist
- Dorothy Diane "Dedee" Pfeiffer
American actress
- Dorothy Mary Hodgkin
British biochemist, winner of the Nobel Prize
- Dorothy Irene Height
American civil rights activist
- Dorothy Fields
American librettist and lyricist
- Dorothy Brower Barkley
wife of U.S. Vice President Alben W. Barkely
- Dorothy "Dodie" Clark
Youtuber
- Dorothy Wang
American TV personality on Rich Kids of Beverly Hills
- Dorothy Seven Gee (b. 2012)
from the Bucket List Family (Travel vloggers)
- Dorothy Vaughn
American NASA computer programmer featured in film "Hidden Figures"
- Rose Dorothy Dauriac (b. 2014)
daughter of actress Scarlett Johansson & Romain Dauriac
Dorothy in pop culture
- Dorothy Gale
main character in L. Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz".
- Dorothy Zbornak
character on TV's "Golden Girls" .
- Dorothy Boyd
character in movie "Jerry Maguire".
- Miss Dorothy
character in musical "Thoroughly Modern Millie".
- Dorothy
Elmo's pet goldfish on TV's "Sesame Street".
- Dorothy Jane Torkelson
character on TV's "The Torkelsons".
- Dorothy
character in the anime M.A.R.
- Dorothy the Dinosaur
character in Australian children's music group The Wiggles.
- Dorothy
fairy in animated TV series "Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom".
- Dorothy de Vere
character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series.
- "Friend of Dorothy
" code for a homosexual.
- Dorothy Perkins
a women’s fashion retailer based in the United Kingdom.
- Dorothy Williams
a character from the tv show Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries.
- Dorothy aka Destiny
character in the 2019 film "Hustlers"