girl's name

Dorothymae

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 10
  • Births on record 81

Dorothymae is a girl's name. In 1931 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 1926, when 12 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1913.

Dorothymae over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 1930s. The striped bar is the 1930s, still in progress — it covers 1930 to 1931, not a full ten years.

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Births named Dorothymae by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 24
1920s 47
1930s (to 1931) 6

How popular is Dorothymae?

In 1931, Dorothymae 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 Dorothymae is used

United States #4,263 6 in 1931
England & Wales as Dorothy-Mae #5,020 4 in 2025

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.

How Dorothymae is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Dorothy-Mae Dorothy-Mae is Dorothymae written with a hyphen, used in England and Wales, where it ranks #5,020. 4

Names that peaked alongside Dorothymae

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

Parents who like Dorothymae also like

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

Sibling names for Dorothymae

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

Common questions about Dorothymae

How popular is the name Dorothymae?

In 1931, Dorothymae 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 Dorothymae a girl's or a boy's name?

Dorothymae is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Dorothymae most popular?

Dorothymae peaked in 1926, when 12 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.

Is Dorothymae a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Dorothymae currently ranks #5,020 in the United States. It has largely dropped out of use. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.