Doretha
Last seen for girls in 1998 at #14,122
- Peak · girls
- 1932 · 172 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,562since 1896
Doretha over time
Rank among girls' names. Doretha has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 |
| 1991 | #6,253 | 14 |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 |
| 1983 | #3,949 | 19 |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 |
| 1980 | #2,342 | 41 |
| 1979 | #3,541 | 22 |
| 1978 | #3,777 | 19 |
| 1977 | #2,715 | 30 |
| 1976 | #2,292 | 36 |
| 1975 | #2,456 | 32 |
| 1974 | #2,172 | 37 |
| 1973 | #1,913 | 43 |
| 1972 | #1,674 | 53 |
| 1971 | #1,560 | 62 |
| 1970 | #1,505 | 66 |
| 1969 | #1,325 | 73 |
| 1968 | #1,177 | 84 |
| 1967 | #1,281 | 71 |
| 1966 | #1,129 | 88 |
| 1965 | #1,009 | 107 |
| 1964 | #1,026 | 110 |
| 1963 | #915 | 132 |
| 1962 | #870 | 147 |
| 1961 | #878 | 148 |
| 1960 | #813 | 163 |
| 1959 | #804 | 162 |
| 1958 | #724 | 185 |
| 1957 | #707 | 198 |
| 1956 | #680 | 198 |
| 1955 | #677 | 191 |
| 1954 | #656 | 195 |
| 1953 | #639 | 195 |
| 1952 | #670 | 174 |
| 1951 | #649 | 180 |
| 1950 | #689 | 155 |
| 1949 | #664 | 157 |
| 1948 | #665 | 158 |
| 1947 | #658 | 161 |
| 1946 | #681 | 136 |
| 1945 | #589 | 153 |
| 1944 | #585 | 157 |
| 1943 | #668 | 128 |
| 1942 | #622 | 145 |
| 1941 | #578 | 146 |
| 1940 | #554 | 155 |
| 1939 | #593 | 127 |
| 1938 | #596 | 134 |
| 1937 | #558 | 146 |
| 1936 | #595 | 123 |
| 1935 | #515 | 155 |
| 1934 | #519 | 154 |
| 1933 | #563 | 129 |
| 1932 | #502 | 172 |
| 1931 | #521 | 159 |
| 1930 | #553 | 152 |
| 1929 | #651 | 115 |
| 1928 | #545 | 163 |
| 1927 | #594 | 142 |
| 1926 | #562 | 161 |
| 1925 | #572 | 157 |
| 1924 | #583 | 159 |
| 1923 | #671 | 122 |
| 1922 | #685 | 114 |
| 1921 | #684 | 117 |
| 1920 | #633 | 129 |
| 1919 | #685 | 104 |
| 1918 | #751 | 90 |
| 1917 | #759 | 83 |
| 1916 | #893 | 57 |
| 1915 | #934 | 50 |
| 1914 | #919 | 41 |
| 1913 | #925 | 33 |
| 1912 | #833 | 36 |
| 1911 | #838 | 26 |
| 1910 | #941 | 21 |
| 1909 | #1,290 | 11 |
| 1908 | #849 | 21 |
| 1907 | #1,142 | 12 |
| 1906 | #1,154 | 11 |
| 1905 | #926 | 16 |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 |
| 1902 | — | |
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| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 |
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| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Doretha! It came in at #1,416, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1899, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Doretha is popular in 1955
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#256 · 1 in 1,895
- Virginia#263 · 1 in 1,950
- South Carolina#291 · 1 in 2,043
- Mississippi#296 · 1 in 1,964
- Maryland#333 · 1 in 3,191
Best ever in a state: #149 in Louisiana, 1930.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| District of Columbia | #256 | 7 | 1 in 1,895 |
| Virginia | #263 | 21 | 1 in 1,950 |
| South Carolina | #291 | 14 | 1 in 2,043 |
| Mississippi | #296 | 14 | 1 in 1,964 |
| Maryland | #333 | 9 | 1 in 3,191 |
| North Carolina | #334 | 20 | 1 in 2,599 |
| Florida | #357 | 13 | 1 in 3,047 |
| Louisiana | #376 | 14 | 1 in 2,684 |
| Georgia | #422 | 11 | 1 in 4,185 |
| Alabama | #507 | 6 | 1 in 6,041 |
| Illinois | #716 | 8 | 1 in 12,597 |
| Ohio | #768 | 6 | 1 in 17,000 |
| New York | #783 | 11 | 1 in 14,853 |
| Pennsylvania | #870 | 5 | 1 in 22,554 |
| Texas | #877 | 9 | 1 in 12,434 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Doretha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1998
- Biggest jump: 951 spots in 1905 (#1,877 → #926)
- Biggest drop: 441 spots in 1909 (#849 → #1,290)
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 1932 at #502 (172 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 35 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1910–1963
- Highest: 1 in 6,204 girls born in 1932 were named Doretha (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 353,390 girls born in 1998 (0.00%)
- 21.4% of all girls named Doretha (1,833) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #1,416 (1896) | #1,416 |
| 1900s | 88 | #849 (1908) | #1,319 |
| 1910s | 541 | #685 (1919) | #848 |
| 1920s | 1,379 | #545 (1928) | #618 |
| 1930s | 1,451 | #502 (1932) | #552 |
| 1940s | 1,496 | #554 (1940) | #626 |
| 1950s | 1,833 | #639 (1953) | #690 |
| 1960s | 1,123 | #813 (1960) | #1,042 |
| 1970s | 400 | #1,505 (1970) | #2,361 |
| 1980s | 186 | #2,342 (1980) | #4,588 |
| 1990s | 59 | #6,131 (1990) | #10,312 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Doretha in 1955
Top girls' names in 1955
More about 1955
girls
1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 10,237 of them was named Doretha, which outranked 89.9% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).