as a First Name
Usual English form of Dorothea. The name was not used in the Middle Ages, but was taken up in the 15th century and became common thereafter. It was borne by the American film star Dorothy Lamour (1914–1996, born Dorothy Kaumeyer).
| 75th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 673,193
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 1,044,414
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Mississippi
- has the most people named Dorothy per capita
- 1923
- marked the height of its popularity
99.90%
0.10%
85%
55+
55+
13%
30-54
30-54
1%
13-29
13-29
0.85%
0-12
0-12
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