Dorotha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dorotha

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,788 babies named Dorotha between 1885 and 1970, spanning 86 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dorotha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1970. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 197 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dorotha performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,767 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Dorotha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Oklahoma, which accounts for 423 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Dorotha in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dorotha 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 4,788 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.