Dorothy Factsheet

Meaning
Greek via English - 'gift of God'

England and Wales statistics
Anglo-Saxon record: no entries
13th century: no entries
Earliest birth record: Dorothy Rockleye (b. 1534)
1550-1690: High: #10 (1610-20, 1640, 1670); Low: #16 (1550); fairly stable at #10-12
1840-1905: High: #6 (1905); Low: #64 (1875); sharp rise at end of period
1914-1994: High: #4 (1914); Low: no entries (1964-94); decline and disappearance
2004: #1072
2008: #859
2011: #603 (67 births)

US statistics
1880-2011: High: #2 (1920-7); Low: not in top 1000 (2005, 2007-10); quick rise then slow decline

2011: #937 (273 births)