Dorotha
Last seen for girls in 1970 at #7,995
- Peak · girls
- 1916 · 181 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,788since 1885
Dorotha over time
Rank among girls' names. Dorotha has never cracked the top 400 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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| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 |
| 1960 | #3,095 | 16 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 |
| 1957 | #3,033 | 15 |
| 1956 | #2,826 | 17 |
| 1955 | #2,839 | 16 |
| 1954 | #2,027 | 27 |
| 1953 | #2,812 | 15 |
| 1952 | #2,921 | 14 |
| 1951 | #2,116 | 22 |
| 1950 | #2,781 | 14 |
| 1949 | #2,013 | 23 |
| 1948 | #2,070 | 22 |
| 1947 | #1,863 | 27 |
| 1946 | #1,559 | 32 |
| 1945 | #1,312 | 37 |
| 1944 | #1,578 | 27 |
| 1943 | #1,113 | 52 |
| 1942 | #1,116 | 50 |
| 1941 | #1,101 | 45 |
| 1940 | #1,170 | 39 |
| 1939 | #1,009 | 49 |
| 1938 | #1,069 | 45 |
| 1937 | #778 | 77 |
| 1936 | #800 | 71 |
| 1935 | #798 | 72 |
| 1934 | #700 | 91 |
| 1933 | #689 | 89 |
| 1932 | #694 | 95 |
| 1931 | #619 | 115 |
| 1930 | #612 | 128 |
| 1929 | #603 | 129 |
| 1928 | #567 | 155 |
| 1927 | #530 | 178 |
| 1926 | #517 | 182 |
| 1925 | #518 | 186 |
| 1924 | #516 | 192 |
| 1923 | #505 | 189 |
| 1922 | #503 | 191 |
| 1921 | #500 | 197 |
| 1920 | #550 | 168 |
| 1919 | #554 | 154 |
| 1918 | #554 | 163 |
| 1917 | #492 | 180 |
| 1916 | #472 | 181 |
| 1915 | #479 | 165 |
| 1914 | #562 | 100 |
| 1913 | #534 | 90 |
| 1912 | #474 | 102 |
| 1911 | #519 | 64 |
| 1910 | #514 | 64 |
| 1909 | #566 | 46 |
| 1908 | #535 | 47 |
| 1907 | #554 | 43 |
| 1906 | #642 | 31 |
| 1905 | #734 | 24 |
| 1904 | #653 | 28 |
| 1903 | #734 | 21 |
| 1902 | #972 | 13 |
| 1901 | #961 | 12 |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 |
| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 |
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| 1885 | #921 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Dorotha! It came in at #921, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1892, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Dorotha is popular in 1921
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#178 · 1 in 877
- Indiana#221 · 1 in 1,841
- Ohio#235 · 1 in 2,033
- West Virginia#273 · 1 in 2,034
- Kentucky#280 · 1 in 2,105
Best ever in a state: #109 in Indiana, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #178 | 30 | 1 in 877 |
| Indiana | #221 | 15 | 1 in 1,841 |
| Ohio | #235 | 28 | 1 in 2,033 |
| West Virginia | #273 | 10 | 1 in 2,034 |
| Kentucky | #280 | 15 | 1 in 2,105 |
| Kansas | #291 | 8 | 1 in 2,195 |
| Missouri | #391 | 8 | 1 in 4,034 |
| Illinois | #392 | 12 | 1 in 5,093 |
| Tennessee | #410 | 7 | 1 in 4,061 |
| Arkansas | #428 | 6 | 1 in 3,491 |
| Texas | #479 | 17 | 1 in 3,463 |
| Pennsylvania | #598 | 6 | 1 in 16,750 |
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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 Dorotha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1970
- Biggest jump: 470 spots in 1901 (#1,431 → #961)
- Biggest drop: 291 spots in 1938 (#778 → #1,069)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1916 at #472 (181 births)
- Births halved by 1933, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1901–1937
- Highest: 1 in 5,472 girls born in 1912 were named Dorotha (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 349,629 girls born in 1970 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #472 in 1916, was only 1 in 5,770 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 36.9% of all girls named Dorotha (1,767) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #921 (1885) | #921 |
| 1890s | 38 | #1,263 (1898) | #1,354 |
| 1900s | 273 | #535 (1908) | #778 |
| 1910s | 1,263 | #472 (1916) | #515 |
| 1920s | 1,767 | #500 (1921) | #531 |
| 1930s | 832 | #612 (1930) | #777 |
| 1940s | 354 | #1,101 (1941) | #1,490 |
| 1950s | 166 | #2,027 (1954) | #2,821 |
| 1960s | 84 | #3,095 (1960) | #4,772 |
| 1970s | 5 | #7,995 (1970) | #7,995 |
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.
Dorotha in 1921
Top girls' names in 1921
More about 1921
girls
1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 6,259 of them was named Dorotha, which outranked 91.5% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #496Louisa199
- #496Phoebe199
- #499Elouise198
- #500Dorotha197
- #500Adell197
- #500Manuela197
- #500Vernice197
- #505Leone195
- #506Lavonne194
- #507Ferne193
Tied with 4 names at #500; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.