Dorathea — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dorathea

The Social Security Administration has registered 645 babies named Dorathea between 1883 and 1966, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dorathea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1966. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dorathea performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 185 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Dorathea shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Dorathea in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dorathea in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 645 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.