Dorotea

Girl · recorded 1896–2016

  • 2016last recorded
  • 1896best year

Most popular in 1896.

Last recorded in 2016. 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

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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 22 recorded years as a table
Dorotea, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189621
190716
190914
19138
19155
19185
19196
19205
19229
19234
19247
19264
19326
19377
19484
19513
19553
19573
19703
19714
19793
20163

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dorotea 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 2016
5
Rank in 2016
#16,215
How rare
1 in 354,404 girls
Since 1896
130

Dorotea was last recorded in 2016. 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 1896, at 21 per million girls born.

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

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