Doreatha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Doreatha

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,238 babies named Doreatha between 1905 and 1988, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Doreatha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Doreatha performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 253 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Doreatha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 98 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Doreatha in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Doreatha 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 1,238 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.