Dorthea
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · girls
- 1884 · 11 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,437since 1882
Dorthea over time
Rank among girls' names. Dorthea has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 |
| 1991 | #4,808 | 20 |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 |
| 1984 | #4,166 | 18 |
| 1983 | #4,476 | 16 |
| 1982 | #3,530 | 23 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 |
| 1977 | #3,176 | 24 |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 |
| 1974 | #3,695 | 17 |
| 1973 | #3,233 | 20 |
| 1972 | #3,177 | 20 |
| 1971 | #3,508 | 18 |
| 1970 | #2,395 | 31 |
| 1969 | #2,768 | 23 |
| 1968 | #2,056 | 34 |
| 1967 | #2,272 | 28 |
| 1966 | #1,600 | 49 |
| 1965 | #2,204 | 29 |
| 1964 | #2,109 | 32 |
| 1963 | #2,061 | 33 |
| 1962 | #1,782 | 41 |
| 1961 | #2,608 | 22 |
| 1960 | #1,835 | 38 |
| 1959 | #1,695 | 42 |
| 1958 | #1,791 | 37 |
| 1957 | #1,869 | 34 |
| 1956 | #1,662 | 41 |
| 1955 | #1,839 | 33 |
| 1954 | #1,540 | 43 |
| 1953 | #2,122 | 24 |
| 1952 | #1,978 | 26 |
| 1951 | #1,772 | 30 |
| 1950 | #1,452 | 40 |
| 1949 | #2,410 | 17 |
| 1948 | #2,188 | 20 |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 |
| 1946 | #1,919 | 23 |
| 1945 | #1,874 | 20 |
| 1944 | #1,967 | 19 |
| 1943 | #2,151 | 17 |
| 1942 | #1,760 | 23 |
| 1941 | #1,649 | 23 |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 |
| 1939 | #1,585 | 23 |
| 1938 | #1,873 | 18 |
| 1937 | #1,234 | 34 |
| 1936 | #1,741 | 19 |
| 1935 | #1,483 | 25 |
| 1934 | #1,372 | 28 |
| 1933 | #1,658 | 21 |
| 1932 | #1,192 | 36 |
| 1931 | #1,635 | 22 |
| 1930 | #1,251 | 36 |
| 1929 | #1,339 | 32 |
| 1928 | #1,254 | 37 |
| 1927 | #1,088 | 49 |
| 1926 | #1,096 | 47 |
| 1925 | #1,252 | 39 |
| 1924 | #951 | 64 |
| 1923 | #1,084 | 49 |
| 1922 | #1,089 | 49 |
| 1921 | #890 | 69 |
| 1920 | #1,048 | 50 |
| 1919 | #1,103 | 44 |
| 1918 | #1,041 | 48 |
| 1917 | #1,162 | 38 |
| 1916 | #1,246 | 33 |
| 1915 | #1,140 | 36 |
| 1914 | #1,119 | 29 |
| 1913 | #1,151 | 23 |
| 1912 | #1,477 | 14 |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 |
| 1909 | #1,219 | 12 |
| 1908 | #1,084 | 14 |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,123 | 9 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #640 | 11 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #908 | 5 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Dorthea! It came in at #908, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Dorthea is popular in 1915
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#557 · 1 in 14,540
- New York#563 · 1 in 13,078
Best ever in a state: #350 in Indiana, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Pennsylvania | #557 | 6 | 1 in 14,540 |
| New York | #563 | 7 | 1 in 13,078 |
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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 Dorthea
- 3,361 spots since 2024 (#15,293 → #11,932)
- 3,156 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #11,932)
- Biggest jump: 158 spots in 1921 (#1,048 → #890)
- Biggest drop: 301 spots in 1925 (#951 → #1,252)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1884 at #640 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1882–1924
- Highest: 1 in 11,729 girls born in 1884 were named Dorthea (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 19.9% of all girls named Dorthea (485) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 16 | #640 (1884) | #774 |
| 1890s | 16 | #1,123 (1895) | #1,193 |
| 1900s | 48 | #1,084 (1908) | #1,387 |
| 1910s | 286 | #1,041 (1918) | #1,241 |
| 1920s | 485 | #890 (1921) | #1,109 |
| 1930s | 262 | #1,192 (1932) | #1,502 |
| 1940s | 184 | #1,649 (1941) | #2,173 |
| 1950s | 350 | #1,452 (1950) | #1,772 |
| 1960s | 329 | #1,600 (1966) | #2,130 |
| 1970s | 179 | #2,395 (1970) | #3,939 |
| 1980s | 140 | #3,530 (1982) | #5,400 |
| 1990s | 90 | #4,808 (1991) | #8,254 |
| 2000s | 30 | #12,187 (2002) | #14,720 |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,215 (2016) | #16,215 |
| 2020s | 17 | #11,932 (2025) | #14,104 |
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.
Dorthea in 1915
Top girls' names in 1915
More about 1915
girls
983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 27,329 of them was named Dorthea, which outranked 77.0% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,115Venus37
- #1,115Wynona37
- #1,115Zada37
- #1,140Dorthea36
- #1,140Alease36
- #1,140Clella36
- #1,140Cruz36
- #1,153Bettina35
- #1,153Cleola35
- #1,153Corrie35
Tied with 12 names at #1,140; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.