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Is Dorothy a Male or Female Name?

Dorothy is a female name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Dorothy globally is 0.2% males and 99.8% females. The country with the highest male ratio is South Africa with 1.3% and the country with the highest female ratio is Australia with 100.0%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Dorothy in percentages: Globally: 0.2% males, 99.8% females, United States: 0.1% males, 99.9% females, United Kingdom: 0.4% males, 99.6% females, Canada: 0.1% males, 99.9% females, Italy: 0.3% males, 99.7% females, South Africa: 1.3% males, 98.7% females, Spain: 0.2% males, 99.8% females, Hong Kong SAR China: 0.2% males, 99.8% females, Australia: 0.0% males, 100.0% females, Philippines: 0.3% males, 99.7% females, Ghana: 1.2% males, 98.8% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Dorothy are 65+ years old, making up 54.4% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Dorothy in each age group: 18-24: 1.9%, 25-34: 8.1%, 35-44: 22.0%, 45-54: 4.0%, 55-64: 9.4%, 65+: 54.4%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Dorothy is Kenya with 0.0972% of the population. Following is Ghana and Hong Kong SAR China.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Dorothy measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Dorothy year over year: 1956: 0.0221‰, 1957: 0.0178‰, 1958: 0.0181‰, 1959: 0.0142‰, 1960: 0.0148‰, 1961: 0.0108‰, 1962: 0.0092‰, 1963: 0.0091‰, 1964: 0.0073‰, 1965: 0.0066‰, 1966: 0.0064‰, 1967: 0.0058‰, 1968: 0.0036‰, 1969: 0.0046‰, 1970: 0.0033‰, 1971: 0.0025‰, 1972: 0.0035‰, 1973: 0.0024‰, 1974: 0.0036‰, 1975: 0.0029‰, 1976: 0.0029‰, 1977: 0.0034‰, 1978: 0.003‰, 1979: 0.0031‰, 1980: 0.0063‰, 1981: 0.0074‰, 1982: 0.0078‰, 1983: 0.0082‰, 1984: 0.0079‰, 1985: 0.0261‰, 1986: 0.0269‰, 1987: 0.0246‰, 1988: 0.0227‰, 1989: 0.0228‰, 1990: 0.0183‰, 1991: 0.0026‰, 1992: 0.0018‰, 1993: 0.0015‰, 1994: 0.0012‰, 1995: 0.001‰, 1996: 0.001‰, 1997: 0.001‰, 1998: 0.001‰, 1999: 0.0003‰, 2000: 0.0016‰

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