Dorthea — #15280 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Dorthea

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,430 babies named Dorthea between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dorthea currently holds the #15280 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 69 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dorthea performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 485 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Dorthea shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 49 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Dorthea in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dorthea 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 2,430 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.