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Dorothy
1,115,908 recorded births · active 1880–2025
Living-age distribution
The median living Dorothy is 77. If you meet a Dorothy, there's about a 70% chance they're between 60 and 89 years old.
Popularity arc
● Faded ClassicOnce everywhere, now rare — a name from a different era.
Peak Dorothy: 1923. Down 99% from peak.
Name neighbors
People named Dorothy have popularity-curve siblings named:
Geographic fingerprint
Dorothys are 1.4x more common in the Northeast than the national average.