Doretta

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293

Peak · girls
#906
1953 · 107 births
Debut · girls
1888
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,597
since 1888

Doretta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Doretta has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201937peak #906, 1953girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
2024#15,2935
2023#15,1945
2022#13,5926
2021—
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2004#16,0995
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1994—
1993#7,49811
1992—
1991#11,5096
1990#10,1937
1989#9,6817
1988#8,3918
1987—
1986#8,5237
1985—
1984#9,1446
1983#7,3128
1982—
1981—
1980#6,31910
1979#6,6969
1978—
1977#5,21312
1976#7,2967
1975#5,16111
1974#4,72012
1973#4,58612
1972#3,06221
1971#3,26620
1970#2,77925
1969#2,64525
1968#3,45615
1967#2,21229
1966#1,95235
1965#2,03133
1964#2,01135
1963#1,75443
1962#1,75742
1961#1,62748
1960#1,74742
1959#1,14587
1958#1,22775
1957#1,05597
1956#1,28765
1955#1,27562
1954#1,04588
1953#906107
1952#1,01386
1951#1,46241
1950#1,62633
1949#1,80728
1948#1,54836
1947#1,39744
1946#1,67828
1945#1,79522
1944#1,48630
1943#1,49231
1942#1,30038
1941#1,27136
1940#1,40429
1939#1,17938
1938#1,15939
1937#1,08543
1936#1,41327
1935#1,33130
1934#1,03545
1933#1,60622
1932#1,42128
1931#1,45926
1930#1,34732
1929#1,33932
1928#1,46929
1927#1,45631
1926#1,30336
1925#1,34735
1924#1,27939
1923#1,35034
1922#1,57528
1921#1,62527
1920#1,47030
1919#1,42330
1918#1,45129
1917#1,43127
1916#1,63022
1915#1,80018
1914#1,74015
1913#1,30819
1912#1,9819
1911#1,7928
1910#1,6349
1909—
1908#1,13513
1907#1,28910
1906#1,15411
1905#1,5387
1904#1,4867
1903#1,2049
1902#1,4387
1901—
1900#1,4318
1899#1,3946
1898#1,3797
1897—
1896—
1895#98611
1894#1,4855
1893#1,4375
1892#1,2786
1891#1,0937
1890#1,2106
1889—
1888#1,2765
1887—
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1880—
First appearance
1888

The first year at least five girls were named Doretta! It came in at #1,276, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1888–1889, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Doretta
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 499 spots in 1895 (#1,485 → #986)
  • Biggest drop: 139 spots in 1954 (#906 → #1,045)
Rise & fade · girls
65 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1953 at #906 (107 births)
  • Births halved by 1960, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1895–1953
Share of babies · girls
1 in 17,582
  • Highest: 1 in 17,582 girls born in 1953 were named Doretta (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 324,038 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 28.5% of all girls named Doretta (741) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,276 (1888)#1,276
1890s53#986 (1895)#1,283
1900s72#1,135 (1908)#1,334
1910s186#1,308 (1913)#1,619
1920s321#1,279 (1924)#1,421
1930s330#1,035 (1934)#1,304
1940s322#1,271 (1941)#1,518
1950s741#906 (1953)#1,204
1960s347#1,627 (1961)#2,119
1970s129#2,779 (1970)#4,753
1980s46#6,319 (1980)#8,228
1990s24#7,498 (1993)#9,733
2000s5#16,099 (2004)#16,099
2010s0——
2020s16#13,592 (2022)#14,693

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.

Doretta in 1937

girls
#1,085
43 births · 1 in 24,745 girls

Top girls' names in 1937

  1. #1Mary55,641
  2. #2Barbara34,917
  3. #3Patricia26,838
  4. #4Shirley26,823
  5. #5Betty25,337
  6. #6Carol17,336
  7. #7Nancy17,074
  8. #8Dorothy16,572
  9. #9Joan15,301
  10. #10Margaret15,144
  11. #1,085Doretta43
More about 1937

girls

1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 24,745 of them was named Doretta, which outranked 78.0% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Doretta
  1. #1,070Paul44
  2. #1,070Ronnie44
  3. #1,070Shelvy44
  4. #1,085Doretta43
  5. #1,085Adella43
  6. #1,085Arletta43
  7. #1,085Eartha43
  8. #1,099Alda42
  9. #1,099Aleta42
  10. #1,099Bulah42

Tied with 13 names at #1,085; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,217Noreta#4,181 → #964
  2. ↑ 2,845Noretta#3,701 → #856
  3. ↑ 2,351Leilani#3,103 → #752
  4. ↑ 1,407Deann#2,263 → #856
  5. ↑ 1,209Norita#1,741 → #532
Fallers
  1. ↓ 438Dorla#951 → #1,389
  2. ↓ 331Vilma#951 → #1,282
  3. ↓ 303Imelda#979 → #1,282
  4. ↓ 297Lulu#695 → #992
  5. ↓ 292Lyda#840 → #1,132

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

See the top 100 for 1937 →