Dorotha

Girl · recorded 1885–1970

  • 1970last recorded
  • 1912best year

Most popular in 1912.

Last recorded in 1970. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Dorotha.

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Its story

Popularity since 1885

09218318851906192819491970

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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 77 recorded years as a table
Dorotha, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188545
189224
189328
189530
189721
189831
189930
190027
190150
190249
190380
1904102
190582
1906105
1907135
1908141
1909132
1910161
1911153
1912183
1913144
1914131
1915168
1916173
1917166
1918141
1919136
1920140
1921160
1922159
1923157
1924154
1925153
1926154
1927149
1928134
1929116
1930114
1931108
193289
193388
193487
193569
193668
193772
193841
193945
194034
194137
194237
194337
194420
194528
194620
194715
194813
194913
19508
195112
19528
19538
195414
19558
19568
19577
19587
19596
19608
19615
19624
19634
19645
19656
19665
19675
19693
19703

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dorotha 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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1970
5
Rank in 1970
#7,995
How rare
1 in 349,628 girls
Since 1885
4,788

Dorotha was last recorded in 1970. 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 1912, at 183 per million girls born.

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

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