Dortha
Last seen for girls in 1984 at #10,422
- Peak · girls
- 1921 · 295 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,811since 1889
Dortha over time
Rank among girls' names. Dortha has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 |
| 1964 | #2,915 | 19 |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 |
| 1962 | #2,605 | 22 |
| 1961 | #2,150 | 30 |
| 1960 | #2,573 | 22 |
| 1959 | #2,339 | 24 |
| 1958 | #2,209 | 26 |
| 1957 | #2,067 | 28 |
| 1956 | #2,321 | 23 |
| 1955 | #1,691 | 37 |
| 1954 | #1,801 | 33 |
| 1953 | #1,531 | 41 |
| 1952 | #1,680 | 34 |
| 1951 | #1,637 | 34 |
| 1950 | #1,365 | 45 |
| 1949 | #1,335 | 47 |
| 1948 | #1,386 | 44 |
| 1947 | #1,086 | 67 |
| 1946 | #1,116 | 58 |
| 1945 | #904 | 69 |
| 1944 | #925 | 69 |
| 1943 | #832 | 87 |
| 1942 | #928 | 71 |
| 1941 | #783 | 85 |
| 1940 | #752 | 85 |
| 1939 | #650 | 110 |
| 1938 | #678 | 103 |
| 1937 | #615 | 120 |
| 1936 | #578 | 130 |
| 1935 | #545 | 139 |
| 1934 | #519 | 154 |
| 1933 | #516 | 151 |
| 1932 | #507 | 165 |
| 1931 | #474 | 181 |
| 1930 | #472 | 203 |
| 1929 | #452 | 212 |
| 1928 | #520 | 177 |
| 1927 | #469 | 221 |
| 1926 | #420 | 264 |
| 1925 | #400 | 293 |
| 1924 | #419 | 276 |
| 1923 | #403 | 276 |
| 1922 | #433 | 238 |
| 1921 | #389 | 295 |
| 1920 | #425 | 248 |
| 1919 | #445 | 219 |
| 1918 | #496 | 186 |
| 1917 | #450 | 205 |
| 1916 | #524 | 157 |
| 1915 | #510 | 148 |
| 1914 | #547 | 105 |
| 1913 | #525 | 94 |
| 1912 | #485 | 97 |
| 1911 | #610 | 49 |
| 1910 | #698 | 37 |
| 1909 | #691 | 33 |
| 1908 | #574 | 42 |
| 1907 | #507 | 50 |
| 1906 | #678 | 29 |
| 1905 | #777 | 22 |
| 1904 | #600 | 32 |
| 1903 | #760 | 20 |
| 1902 | #773 | 20 |
| 1901 | #747 | 19 |
| 1900 | #970 | 15 |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 |
| 1897 | #931 | 12 |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 |
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 |
| 1894 | #1,061 | 9 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #908 | 11 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 |
| 1888 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Dortha! It came in at #1,279, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1891, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Dortha is popular in 1942
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#311 · 1 in 2,937
- Mississippi#314 · 1 in 2,213
- Oklahoma#335 · 1 in 2,549
- Arkansas#358 · 1 in 2,910
- Kentucky#369 · 1 in 3,667
Best ever in a state: #118 in Oklahoma, 1921.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| West Virginia | #311 | 7 | 1 in 2,937 |
| Mississippi | #314 | 11 | 1 in 2,213 |
| Oklahoma | #335 | 8 | 1 in 2,549 |
| Arkansas | #358 | 7 | 1 in 2,910 |
| Kentucky | #369 | 8 | 1 in 3,667 |
| Texas | #768 | 7 | 1 in 9,571 |
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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 Dortha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1984
- Biggest jump: 652 spots in 1897 (#1,583 → #931)
- Biggest drop: 769 spots in 1898 (#931 → #1,700)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1921 at #389 (295 births)
- Births halved by 1935, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1900–1945
- Highest: 1 in 4,155 girls born in 1925 were named Dortha (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 336,763 girls born in 1984 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #389 in 1921, was only 1 in 4,180 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 36.7% of all girls named Dortha (2,500) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,279 (1889) | #1,279 |
| 1890s | 58 | #908 (1892) | #1,226 |
| 1900s | 282 | #507 (1907) | #708 |
| 1910s | 1,297 | #445 (1919) | #529 |
| 1920s | 2,500 | #389 (1921) | #433 |
| 1930s | 1,456 | #472 (1930) | #555 |
| 1940s | 682 | #752 (1940) | #1,005 |
| 1950s | 325 | #1,365 (1950) | #1,864 |
| 1960s | 149 | #2,150 (1961) | #3,915 |
| 1970s | 35 | #5,480 (1972) | #8,145 |
| 1980s | 22 | #8,178 (1980) | #9,848 |
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.
Dortha in 1942
Top girls' names in 1942
More about 1942
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1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 19,024 of them was named Dortha, which outranked 82.7% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).