Girls' name · since 1912
Derotha
221 babies named Derotha in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,793 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 221
- born since 1912
- 1920s
- peak decade
Derotha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 221 recorded since 1912.
Derotha has 221 recorded births among girls since 1912, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 1960.
- #18,793 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 221 born since 1912
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Derotha ranks #18,793 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 221 born since 1912, peaking in the 1920s.
- #18,793 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 221
- born since 1912
- 1920s
- peak decade
Derotha's 221 recorded births place it above 73.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Derotha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Derotha splits its recorded history at 1933: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1912 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1924 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Derotha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–1960
- Peak year (1924)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Derotha by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (69 births, 31% of the file).
1920s was Derotha's strongest decade.
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Derotha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
36 births
- 1920s
1920s
69 births
- 1930s
1930s
52 births
- 1940s 22
1940s
22 births
- 1950s
1950s
35 births
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 69 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Derotha's decade-level peak was the 1920s (69 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Derotha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1924)
Similar record span (~48 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1912–1960 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Derotha draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.