Doretha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Doretha

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,562 babies named Doretha between 1896 and 1998, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Doretha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 198 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Doretha performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 1,833 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Doretha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 994 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Doretha in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Doretha 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 8,562 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.