Girls' name · since 1910
Doratha
93 babies named Doratha in U.S. Social Security records since 1910, with the highest year being 1910. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,885 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 93
- born since 1910
- 1920s
- peak decade
93 girls have been named Doratha since 1910, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Doratha has 93 recorded births among girls since 1910, 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 1910 to 1958.
- #27,885 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 93 born since 1910
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Doratha ranks #27,885 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 93 born since 1910, peaking in the 1920s.
- #27,885 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 93
- born since 1910
- 1920s
- peak decade
Doratha's 93 recorded births place it above 61.33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Doratha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Doratha splits its recorded history at 1922: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1913 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1910 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Doratha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1910–1958
- Peak year (1910)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Doratha by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (40 births, 43% of the file).
1920s was Doratha's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Doratha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
37 births
- 1920s
1920s
40 births
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 40 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Doratha's decade-level peak was the 1920s (40 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1950s -- 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 Doratha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1910)
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, 1910–1958 (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 Doratha 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.