Doretha

Girl · recorded 1896–1998

  • 1998last recorded
  • 1932best year

Most popular in 1932.

Last recorded in 1998. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1896

08116118961922194719731998

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 96 recorded years as a table
Doretha, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189625
190020
190323
190418
190555
190637
190738
190863
190932
191053
191162
191265
191353
191454
191551
191655
191777
191878
191992
1920108
192195
192295
1923101
1924127
1925129
1926136
1927119
1928141
1929103
1930135
1931149
1932161
1933128
1934147
1935148
1936118
1937137
1938121
1939116
1940136
1941121
1942107
194392
1944118
1945117
194687
194791
194893
194992
195090
1951100
195294
1953104
1954100
195598
195699
195797
195892
195980
196081
196173
196275
196368
196458
196561
196652
196743
196851
196943
197038
197137
197235
197329
197425
197522
197625
197720
197812
197914
198025
198110
198213
198311
198411
19858
19868
19877
198810
19897
19907
19917
19925
19933
19943
19953
19983

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Doretha isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1998
5
Rank in 1998
#14,122
How rare
1 in 353,389 girls
Since 1896
8,562

Doretha was last recorded in 1998. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1932, at 161 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Doretha doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.