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
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Dorothea has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | — | |
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 1956
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#273 · 1 in 1,931
- Maryland#283 · 1 in 2,267
- New Jersey#304 · 1 in 3,062
- Pennsylvania#308 · 1 in 2,895
- Virginia#397 · 1 in 4,133
Best ever in a state: #70 in Massachusetts, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #273 | 7 | 1 in 1,931 |
| Maryland | #283 | 13 | 1 in 2,267 |
| New Jersey | #304 | 18 | 1 in 3,062 |
| Pennsylvania | #308 | 40 | 1 in 2,895 |
| Virginia | #397 | 10 | 1 in 4,133 |
| Missouri | #403 | 10 | 1 in 4,479 |
| Michigan | #439 | 18 | 1 in 5,222 |
| New York | #442 | 35 | 1 in 4,707 |
| South Carolina | #444 | 7 | 1 in 4,132 |
| Illinois | #453 | 20 | 1 in 5,245 |
| Indiana | #464 | 9 | 1 in 5,610 |
| Ohio | #465 | 18 | 1 in 5,965 |
| Massachusetts | #492 | 5 | 1 in 10,370 |
| Georgia | #506 | 8 | 1 in 5,838 |
| Florida | #589 | 6 | 1 in 7,166 |
| California | #720 | 16 | 1 in 9,776 |
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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
- 290 spots since 2024 (#2,067 → #1,777)
- 1,002 spots since 2020 (#2,779 → #1,777)
- 2,138 spots since 2015 (#3,915 → #1,777)
- Biggest jump: 151 spots in 1883 (#475 → #324)
- Biggest drop: 174 spots in 1971 (#974 → #1,148)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1912 at #174 (562 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 33 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 91 yrs · run 1880–1970
- 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
- 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.
Dorothea in 1956
Top girls' names in 1956
Top boys' names in 1956
More about 1956
girls
2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 6,829 of them was named Dorothea, which outranked 92.1% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 352,550 of them was named Dorothea, which outranked 20.7% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,216Wynne7
- #3,216Yitzchok7
- #3,216Yolanda7
- #3,535Dorothea6
- #3,535Abbie6
- #3,535Abbott6
- #3,535Abie6
- #3,942Abdul5
- #3,942Abran5
- #3,942Abundio5
Tied with 406 names at #3,535; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.