Dorthea

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births

Peak · girls
#640
1884 · 11 births
Debut · girls
1882
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,437
since 1882

Dorthea over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Dorthea has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201927peak #640, 1884girls
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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#11,9327
2024#15,2935
2023—
2022—
2021—
2020#15,0885
2019—
2018—
2017—
2016#16,2155
2015—
2014—
2013—
2012—
2011—
2010—
2009#17,2945
2008#13,8327
2007—
2006—
2005#14,5026
2004—
2003#15,7845
2002#12,1877
2001—
2000—
1999—
1998—
1997#10,8367
1996#8,13210
1995#11,7836
1994#10,5697
1993#8,05210
1992#5,71816
1991#4,80820
1990#6,13114
1989#6,53112
1988#6,27712
1987#6,78810
1986#5,75712
1985#5,67812
1984#4,16618
1983#4,47616
1982#3,53023
1981#5,25413
1980#5,54412
1979#5,42712
1978#5,56311
1977#3,17624
1976#4,36314
1975#4,85412
1974#3,69517
1973#3,23320
1972#3,17720
1971#3,50818
1970#2,39531
1969#2,76823
1968#2,05634
1967#2,27228
1966#1,60049
1965#2,20429
1964#2,10932
1963#2,06133
1962#1,78241
1961#2,60822
1960#1,83538
1959#1,69542
1958#1,79137
1957#1,86934
1956#1,66241
1955#1,83933
1954#1,54043
1953#2,12224
1952#1,97826
1951#1,77230
1950#1,45240
1949#2,41017
1948#2,18820
1947#3,24011
1946#1,91923
1945#1,87420
1944#1,96719
1943#2,15117
1942#1,76023
1941#1,64923
1940#2,57211
1939#1,58523
1938#1,87318
1937#1,23434
1936#1,74119
1935#1,48325
1934#1,37228
1933#1,65821
1932#1,19236
1931#1,63522
1930#1,25136
1929#1,33932
1928#1,25437
1927#1,08849
1926#1,09647
1925#1,25239
1924#95164
1923#1,08449
1922#1,08949
1921#89069
1920#1,04850
1919#1,10344
1918#1,04148
1917#1,16238
1916#1,24633
1915#1,14036
1914#1,11929
1913#1,15123
1912#1,47714
1911#1,54510
1910#1,42111
1909#1,21912
1908#1,08414
1907#1,28910
1906#1,5537
1905—
1904—
1903#1,7925
1902—
1901—
1900—
1899—
1898—
1897#1,2637
1896—
1895#1,1239
1894—
1893—
1892—
1891—
1890—
1889—
1888—
1887—
1886—
1885—
1884#64011
1883—
1882#9085
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five girls were named Dorthea! It came in at #908, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Dorthea
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 3,361 spots since 2024 (#15,293 → #11,932)
  • 3,156 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #11,932)
  • Biggest jump: 158 spots in 1921 (#1,048 → #890)
  • Biggest drop: 301 spots in 1925 (#951 → #1,252)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1884 at #640 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1882–1924
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,729
  • Highest: 1 in 11,729 girls born in 1884 were named Dorthea (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 19.9% of all girls named Dorthea (485) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s16#640 (1884)#774
1890s16#1,123 (1895)#1,193
1900s48#1,084 (1908)#1,387
1910s286#1,041 (1918)#1,241
1920s485#890 (1921)#1,109
1930s262#1,192 (1932)#1,502
1940s184#1,649 (1941)#2,173
1950s350#1,452 (1950)#1,772
1960s329#1,600 (1966)#2,130
1970s179#2,395 (1970)#3,939
1980s140#3,530 (1982)#5,400
1990s90#4,808 (1991)#8,254
2000s30#12,187 (2002)#14,720
2010s5#16,215 (2016)#16,215
2020s17#11,932 (2025)#14,104

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.

Dorthea in 1927

girls
#1,088
49 births · 1 in 24,335 girls

Top girls' names in 1927

  1. #1Mary70,642
  2. #2Dorothy35,993
  3. #3Betty35,424
  4. #4Helen25,316
  5. #5Margaret21,964
  6. #6Ruth19,412
  7. #7Doris16,512
  8. #8Virginia15,734
  9. #9Shirley13,314
  10. #10Barbara13,161
  11. #1,088Dorthea49
More about 1927

girls

1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 24,335 of them was named Dorthea, which outranked 80.6% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dorthea
  1. #1,079Loree50
  2. #1,079Roseanna50
  3. #1,079Veta50
  4. #1,088Dorthea49
  5. #1,088Amie49
  6. #1,088Beverlee49
  7. #1,088Elwanda49
  8. #1,097Alba48
  9. #1,097Celine48
  10. #1,097Clemmie48

Tied with 8 names at #1,088; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,708Charmaine#3,564 → #856
  2. ↑ 1,519Kazuko#2,474 → #955
  3. ↑ 1,152Valencia#2,076 → #924
  4. ↑ 551Cherie#1,414 → #863
  5. ↑ 452Lita#1,148 → #696
Fallers
  1. ↓ 349Janell#748 → #1,097
  2. ↓ 330Sabina#931 → #1,261
  3. ↓ 319Clarine#942 → #1,261
  4. ↓ 298Shirlie#980 → #1,278
  5. ↓ 291Delilah#836 → #1,127

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

See the top 100 for 1927 →