Girls' name · since 1918
Dorethia
Dorethia has 114 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1952 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,686 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 114
- born since 1918
- 1950s
- peak decade
Dorethia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 114 recorded since 1918.
Dorethia has 114 recorded births among girls since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 1972.
- #25,686 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 114 born since 1918
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dorethia ranks #25,686 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 114 born since 1918, peaking in the 1950s.
- #25,686 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 114
- born since 1918
- 1950s
- peak decade
Dorethia's 114 recorded births place it above 64.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dorethia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dorethia splits its recorded history at 1950: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1918 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1952 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dorethia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–1972
- Peak year (1952)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Dorethia by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (44 births, 39% of the file).
1950s was Dorethia's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Dorethia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 12
1910s
12 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
24 births
- 1940s 11
1940s
11 births
- 1950s
1950s
44 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 44 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Dorethia's decade-level peak was the 1950s (44 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 1970s -- 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 Dorethia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1952)
Similar record span (~54 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, 1918–1972 (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 Dorethia 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.