Dorathea

Last seen for girls in 1966 at #5,809

Peak · girls
1883 · 7 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
645
since 1883

Dorathea over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Dorathea has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201883peak #754, 1883girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1966#5,8096
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1957#4,9187
1956#4,8377
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1954#5,7535
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1952#4,9086
1951#5,4145
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1948#3,5939
1947#4,7646
1946#3,9947
1945
1944#4,5745
1943#4,6915
1942#3,7387
1941#3,5597
1940#3,5037
1939#3,4297
1938#4,3425
1937
1936#3,7016
1935#3,4317
1934#2,42412
1933#2,40412
1932#3,0479
1931#2,75010
1930#2,20215
1929#2,30114
1928#3,4368
1927#2,33915
1926#2,16517
1925#2,19117
1924#1,99220
1923#2,91711
1922#1,78523
1921#1,86722
1920#1,81622
1919#1,98918
1918#1,80521
1917#1,40228
1916#1,58123
1915#1,52323
1914#1,44420
1913#1,27420
1912#1,54013
1911#1,54510
1910#1,6349
1909#1,15213
1908#2,1015
1907#1,5128
1906#1,3219
1905#1,5387
1904
1903#1,2049
1902#1,3208
1901#1,6795
1900
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1898#1,5026
1897#1,5555
1896#1,2138
1895#1,5925
1894
1893#1,0918
1892
1891#1,2136
1890#1,3385
1889#1,2795
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1883#7547
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First appearance
1883

The first year at least five girls were named Dorathea! It came in at #754, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1884–1890, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Dorathea
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1966
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1883 at #754 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1884, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1883
Share of babies · girls
1 in 16,046
  • Highest: 1 in 16,046 girls born in 1883 were named Dorathea (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 282,030 girls born in 1966 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 28.7% of all girls named Dorathea (185) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s12#754 (1883)#1,017
1890s43#1,091 (1893)#1,358
1900s64#1,152 (1909)#1,478
1910s185#1,274 (1913)#1,574
1920s169#1,785 (1922)#2,281
1930s83#2,202 (1930)#3,081
1940s53#3,503 (1940)#4,052
1950s30#4,837 (1956)#5,166
1960s6#5,809 (1966)#5,809

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.

Dorathea in 1883

girls
#754
7 births · 1 in 16,046 girls

Top girls' names in 1883

  1. #1Mary8,012
  2. #2Anna3,306
  3. #3Emma2,367
  4. #4Elizabeth2,255
  5. #5Minnie2,035
  6. #6Margaret1,881
  7. #7Bertha1,681
  8. #8Ida1,634
  9. #9Annie1,589
  10. #10Clara1,548
  11. #754Dorathea7
More about 1883

girls

112,320 girls got a published name in 1883; 1 in 16,046 of them was named Dorathea, which outranked 28.5% of the 1,054 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dorathea
  1. #692Vannie8
  2. #692Vena8
  3. #692Venie8
  4. #754Dorathea7
  5. #754Ana7
  6. #754Anabel7
  7. #754Ara7
  8. #817Aggie6
  9. #817Aletha6
  10. #817Allene6

Tied with 62 names at #754; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1882
Risers
  1. 391Cathryn#908#517
  2. 378Paula#813#435
  3. 372Annis#908#536
  4. 365Malissa#740#375
  5. 348Hope#813#465
Fallers
  1. 390Gena#530#920
  2. 365Minna#389#754
  3. 360Arie#560#920
  4. 360Leone#560#920
  5. 360Sybil#560#920

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1883