Dorotea — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dorotea

The Social Security Administration has registered 130 babies named Dorotea between 1896 and 2016, spanning 121 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dorotea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dorotea performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Dorotea shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dorotea in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dorotea 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 130 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.