Dorothea
- #1,777 for girls in 2025, 113 births
- Last seen for boys in 1956 at #3,535
- Given to girls >99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1912 · 562 births
- Debut · girls
- 16 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 34,421since 1880
Dorothea over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Dorothea has never cracked the top 100 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,777 | 113 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,067 | 93 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,757 | 62 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,720 | 63 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,416 | 74 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,779 | 59 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,272 | 48 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,810 | 60 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,436 | 45 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,523 | 44 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,915 | 38 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,892 | 28 | — | |
| 2013 | #5,143 | 26 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,576 | 19 | — | |
| 2011 | #7,436 | 16 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,182 | 21 | — | |
| 2009 | #6,317 | 21 | — | |
| 2008 | #5,955 | 23 | — | |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 | — | |
| 2006 | #6,356 | 20 | — | |
| 2005 | #7,891 | 14 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,555 | 22 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,804 | 26 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,889 | 33 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,067 | 18 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 | — | |
| 1999 | #4,088 | 28 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,492 | 24 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,007 | 27 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,739 | 21 | — | |
| 1995 | #4,518 | 22 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,536 | 31 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,422 | 32 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,343 | 33 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,989 | 38 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,695 | 43 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,304 | 51 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,216 | 51 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,360 | 44 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,265 | 45 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,317 | 43 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,340 | 41 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,961 | 52 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,115 | 48 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,958 | 54 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,096 | 49 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,814 | 59 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,746 | 59 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,701 | 61 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,714 | 56 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,561 | 64 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,428 | 71 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,450 | 66 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,103 | 102 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,148 | 101 | — | |
| 1970 | #974 | 129 | — | |
| 1969 | #854 | 148 | — | |
| 1968 | #791 | 160 | — | |
| 1967 | #723 | 184 | — | |
| 1966 | #675 | 207 | — | |
| 1965 | #678 | 211 | — | |
| 1964 | #640 | 256 | — | |
| 1963 | #627 | 259 | — | |
| 1962 | #554 | 313 | — | |
| 1961 | #570 | 308 | — | |
| 1960 | #592 | 280 | — | |
| 1959 | #575 | 293 | — | |
| 1958 | #568 | 298 | — | |
| 1957 | #552 | 300 | — | |
| 1956 | #546 | 294 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #522 | 312 | — | |
| 1954 | #515 | 298 | — | |
| 1953 | #500 | 302 | — | |
| 1952 | #471 | 320 | — | |
| 1951 | #486 | 283 | — | |
| 1950 | #463 | 308 | — | |
| 1949 | #427 | 343 | — | |
| 1948 | #466 | 296 | — | |
| 1947 | #463 | 316 | — | |
| 1946 | #459 | 287 | — | |
| 1945 | #452 | 249 | — | |
| 1944 | #418 | 300 | — | |
| 1943 | #398 | 335 | — | |
| 1942 | #387 | 340 | — | |
| 1941 | #401 | 295 | — | |
| 1940 | #343 | 350 | — | |
| 1939 | #353 | 334 | — | |
| 1938 | #366 | 316 | — | |
| 1937 | #368 | 309 | — | |
| 1936 | #322 | 368 | — | |
| 1935 | #307 | 402 | — | |
| 1934 | #293 | 441 | — | |
| 1933 | #295 | 422 | — | |
| 1932 | #300 | 443 | — | |
| 1931 | #278 | 505 | — | |
| 1930 | #243 | 640 | — | |
| 1929 | #268 | 572 | — | |
| 1928 | #257 | 630 | — | |
| 1927 | #245 | 707 | — | |
| 1926 | #233 | 758 | — | |
| 1925 | #215 | 891 | — | |
| 1924 | #209 | 937 | — | |
| 1923 | #209 | 925 | — | |
| 1922 | #207 | 931 | — | |
| 1921 | #196 | 1,057 | — | |
| 1920 | #187 | 1,110 | — | |
| 1919 | #191 | 1,001 | — | |
| 1918 | #187 | 1,065 | — | |
| 1917 | #180 | 1,076 | — | |
| 1916 | #179 | 1,036 | — | |
| 1915 | #182 | 925 | — | |
| 1914 | #182 | 731 | — | |
| 1913 | #176 | 658 | — | |
| 1912 | #174 | 562 | — | |
| 1911 | #181 | 389 | — | |
| 1910 | #212 | 307 | — | |
| 1909 | #223 | 253 | — | |
| 1908 | #217 | 246 | — | |
| 1907 | #211 | 239 | — | |
| 1906 | #242 | 178 | — | |
| 1905 | #206 | 217 | — | |
| 1904 | #240 | 168 | — | |
| 1903 | #263 | 136 | — | |
| 1902 | #280 | 124 | — | |
| 1901 | #285 | 109 | — | |
| 1900 | #274 | 140 | — | |
| 1899 | #304 | 94 | — | |
| 1898 | #287 | 114 | — | |
| 1897 | #302 | 91 | — | |
| 1896 | #319 | 83 | — | |
| 1895 | #327 | 76 | — | |
| 1894 | #318 | 77 | — | |
| 1893 | #286 | 88 | — | |
| 1892 | #330 | 65 | — | |
| 1891 | #306 | 67 | — | |
| 1890 | #354 | 52 | — | |
| 1889 | #329 | 56 | — | |
| 1888 | #394 | 38 | — | |
| 1887 | #268 | 62 | — | |
| 1886 | #360 | 35 | — | |
| 1885 | #341 | 34 | — | |
| 1884 | #304 | 40 | — | |
| 1883 | #324 | 30 | — | |
| 1882 | #475 | 15 | — | |
| 1881 | #360 | 21 | — | |
| 1880 | #421 | 16 | — | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Dorothea was already there! It came in at #421, and was given to 16 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2005–2007, when fewer than 21 girls a year got the name.
Where Dorothea is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Washington#915 · 1 in 4,810
- Pennsylvania#1,015 · 1 in 5,836
- Georgia#1,075 · 1 in 5,651
- Illinois#1,405 · 1 in 8,866
- New York#1,830 · 1 in 13,055
Best ever in a state: #70 in Massachusetts, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | #915 | 6 | 1 in 4,810 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,015 | 8 | 1 in 5,836 |
| Georgia | #1,075 | 8 | 1 in 5,651 |
| Illinois | #1,405 | 5 | 1 in 8,866 |
| New York | #1,830 | 6 | 1 in 13,055 |
| California | #2,093 | 9 | 1 in 17,969 |
| Florida | #2,151 | 5 | 1 in 17,352 |
| Texas | #2,636 | 7 | 1 in 22,935 |
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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 Dorothea
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 1,002 spots since 2020 (#2,779 → #1,777)
- Biggest jump: 151 spots in 1883
- Biggest drop: 174 spots in 1971
Rise & fade · girls
32 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1912 at #174 (562 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 33 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 91 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 91 yrs · run 1880–1970
Share of babies · girls
1 in 949
- Highest: 1 in 949 girls born in 1913 were named Dorothea (0.11%)
- Latest: 1 in 14,224 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #174 in 1912, was only 1 in 993 (0.10%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 24.7% of all girls named Dorothea (8,518) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 347 | #268 (1887) | #358 |
| 1890s | 807 | #286 (1893) | #313 |
| 1900s | 1,810 | #206 (1905) | #244 |
| 1910s | 7,750 | #174 (1912) | #184 |
| 1920s | 8,518 | #187 (1920) | #223 |
| 1930s | 4,180 | #243 (1930) | #313 |
| 1940s | 3,111 | #343 (1940) | #421 |
| 1950s | 3,008 | #463 (1950) | #520 |
| 1960s | 2,326 | #554 (1962) | #670 |
| 1970s | 768 | #974 (1970) | #1,464 |
| 1980s | 478 | #1,958 (1981) | #2,193 |
| 1990s | 299 | #2,695 (1990) | #3,783 |
| 2000s | 210 | #3,889 (2002) | #6,087 |
| 2010s | 345 | #2,810 (2018) | #4,719 |
| 2020s | 464 | #1,777 (2025) | #2,419 |
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.
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