Meaning and history
Dorothy is the usual English form of Dorothea and has been in use since the 16th century. L. Frank Baum later used the name for Dorothy Gale, the central character in his fantasy novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and several sequels.
20062006: 267 births, rank #976
2007: 263 births, rank #1,003
2008: 244 births, rank #1,070
2009: 227 births, rank #1,116
2010: 243 births, rank #1,027
20112011: 279 births, rank #927
2012: 279 births, rank #922
2013: 335 births, rank #806
2014: 385 births, rank #727
2015: 398 births, rank #714
20162016: 456 births, rank #644
2017: 507 births, rank #590
2018: 530 births, rank #580
2019: 546 births, rank #561
2020: 565 births, rank #535
20212021: 649 births, rank #483
2022: 645 births, rank #486
2023: 664 births, rank #463
2024: 718 births, rank #429
20252025: 743 births, rank #421
Dorothy rose from #430 to #421 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1924, with 39,996 births.