Girls' name · since 1920
Doritha
47 babies named Doritha in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #35,667 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 47
- born since 1920
- 1960s
- peak decade
Doritha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 47 have been recorded since 1920.
Doritha has 47 recorded births among girls since 1920, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 1970.
- #35,667 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 47 born since 1920
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Doritha ranks #35,667 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 47 born since 1920, peaking in the 1960s.
- #35,667 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 47
- born since 1920
- 1960s
- peak decade
Doritha's 47 recorded births place it above 50.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Doritha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Doritha's full recorded timeline at 1965, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1920, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1968 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Doritha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–1970
- Peak year (1968)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Doritha by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (21 births, 45% of the file).
1960s was Doritha's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Doritha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
12 births
- 1940s 7
1940s
7 births
- 1960s
1960s
21 births
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 21 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Doritha's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (21 total births) through the 1970s (7) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Doritha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1968)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1920–1970 (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 Doritha 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.