Dortha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dortha

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,811 babies named Dortha between 1889 and 1984, spanning 96 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dortha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 295 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dortha performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 2,500 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Dortha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Oklahoma, which accounts for 732 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Dortha in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dortha 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 6,811 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.