Doretta
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293
- Peak · girls
- 1953 · 107 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,597since 1888
Doretta over time
Rank among girls' names. Doretta has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 |
| 1972 | #3,062 | 21 |
| 1971 | #3,266 | 20 |
| 1970 | #2,779 | 25 |
| 1969 | #2,645 | 25 |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 |
| 1967 | #2,212 | 29 |
| 1966 | #1,952 | 35 |
| 1965 | #2,031 | 33 |
| 1964 | #2,011 | 35 |
| 1963 | #1,754 | 43 |
| 1962 | #1,757 | 42 |
| 1961 | #1,627 | 48 |
| 1960 | #1,747 | 42 |
| 1959 | #1,145 | 87 |
| 1958 | #1,227 | 75 |
| 1957 | #1,055 | 97 |
| 1956 | #1,287 | 65 |
| 1955 | #1,275 | 62 |
| 1954 | #1,045 | 88 |
| 1953 | #906 | 107 |
| 1952 | #1,013 | 86 |
| 1951 | #1,462 | 41 |
| 1950 | #1,626 | 33 |
| 1949 | #1,807 | 28 |
| 1948 | #1,548 | 36 |
| 1947 | #1,397 | 44 |
| 1946 | #1,678 | 28 |
| 1945 | #1,795 | 22 |
| 1944 | #1,486 | 30 |
| 1943 | #1,492 | 31 |
| 1942 | #1,300 | 38 |
| 1941 | #1,271 | 36 |
| 1940 | #1,404 | 29 |
| 1939 | #1,179 | 38 |
| 1938 | #1,159 | 39 |
| 1937 | #1,085 | 43 |
| 1936 | #1,413 | 27 |
| 1935 | #1,331 | 30 |
| 1934 | #1,035 | 45 |
| 1933 | #1,606 | 22 |
| 1932 | #1,421 | 28 |
| 1931 | #1,459 | 26 |
| 1930 | #1,347 | 32 |
| 1929 | #1,339 | 32 |
| 1928 | #1,469 | 29 |
| 1927 | #1,456 | 31 |
| 1926 | #1,303 | 36 |
| 1925 | #1,347 | 35 |
| 1924 | #1,279 | 39 |
| 1923 | #1,350 | 34 |
| 1922 | #1,575 | 28 |
| 1921 | #1,625 | 27 |
| 1920 | #1,470 | 30 |
| 1919 | #1,423 | 30 |
| 1918 | #1,451 | 29 |
| 1917 | #1,431 | 27 |
| 1916 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1915 | #1,800 | 18 |
| 1914 | #1,740 | 15 |
| 1913 | #1,308 | 19 |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,135 | 13 |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 |
| 1906 | #1,154 | 11 |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 |
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #986 | 11 |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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.
Where Doretta is popular in 1959
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Indiana#601 · 1 in 8,344
- New Jersey#605 · 1 in 9,532
- Illinois#808 · 1 in 13,548
- New York#896 · 1 in 16,838
- California#1,001 · 1 in 16,635
Best ever in a state: #348 in Connecticut, 1953.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | #601 | 6 | 1 in 8,344 |
| New Jersey | #605 | 6 | 1 in 9,532 |
| Illinois | #808 | 8 | 1 in 13,548 |
| New York | #896 | 10 | 1 in 16,838 |
| California | #1,001 | 10 | 1 in 16,635 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
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| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Doretta
- 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)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1953 at #906 (107 births)
- Births halved by 1960, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1895–1953
- 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%)
- 28.5% of all girls named Doretta (741) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,276 (1888) | #1,276 |
| 1890s | 53 | #986 (1895) | #1,283 |
| 1900s | 72 | #1,135 (1908) | #1,334 |
| 1910s | 186 | #1,308 (1913) | #1,619 |
| 1920s | 321 | #1,279 (1924) | #1,421 |
| 1930s | 330 | #1,035 (1934) | #1,304 |
| 1940s | 322 | #1,271 (1941) | #1,518 |
| 1950s | 741 | #906 (1953) | #1,204 |
| 1960s | 347 | #1,627 (1961) | #2,119 |
| 1970s | 129 | #2,779 (1970) | #4,753 |
| 1980s | 46 | #6,319 (1980) | #8,228 |
| 1990s | 24 | #7,498 (1993) | #9,733 |
| 2000s | 5 | #16,099 (2004) | #16,099 |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 16 | #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 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
More about 1959
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2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 23,258 of them was named Doretta, which outranked 84.1% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).