Dorethea — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dorethea

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,035 babies named Dorethea between 1912 and 1977, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dorethea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1977. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dorethea performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 225 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Dorethea shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Dorethea in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dorethea 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 1,035 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.