Dorota — girls' name
49 babies named Dorota in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
57% of everyone ever named Dorota was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Dorota in 1972 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dorota
The Social Security Administration has registered 49 babies named Dorota between 1970 and 1999, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dorota currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dorota performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Dorota shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dorota in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dorota 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 49 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.
Dorota at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dorota popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1970
- Peak year (1972)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
49 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1972 with 7 births in a single year.
Dorota by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 28 births that decade — 57% of Dorota's all-time total
Dorota decade highlights
- Peak decade 28 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Dorota's strongest decade
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
Dorota by state
Where Dorota concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 10.2% |
5 of 49 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 10.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 10.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.