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Dorothe

  • Gender Unisex
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 779

Dorothe is a unisex name. It is given to both girls and boys — about 90% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 1961 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1922, when 49 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1904.

Dorothe over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1900s to 1960s. The striped bar is the 1960s, still in progress — it covers 1960 to 1961, not a full ten years.

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Births named Dorothe by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1900s 24
1910s 203
1920s 296
1930s 82
1940s 18
1950s 10
1960s (to 1961) 11

How popular is Dorothe?

In 1961, Dorothe was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Dorothe is used

France #2,840 5 in 1984
United States #5,987 6 in 1961

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Dorothe

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

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Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Dorothe over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Dorothe

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Dorothe — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Dorothe

How popular is the name Dorothe?

In 1961, Dorothe was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Dorothe a girl's or a boy's name?

Dorothe is used for both girls and boys. About 90% of recorded births with this name are girls.

When was Dorothe most popular?

Dorothe peaked in 1922, when 49 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.