Counterfactual

The Parallel Lives of Katy and Dorothea

In 64 girls, Katy found its level. 50 years earlier, Dorothea occupied that same statistical address.

1880–2025

Katy

peak 1987 2025 18801900192019401960198020002020
Peak year 1987
Peak births 674
Latest count 64
Status Endangered
Peak generation Millennial
1880–2025

Dorothea

peak 1920 2025 18801900192019401960198020002020
Peak year 1920
Peak births 1,110
Latest count 113
Status Rising
Peak generation Greatest Generation
In 64 girls, Katy found its level. 50 years earlier, Dorothea occupied that same address. One peaked in the Greatest Generation era; the other in the Millennial world. They never met. But the data remembers them both.