Dosha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dosha

The Social Security Administration has registered 384 babies named Dosha between 1880 and 1989, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dosha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1898, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dosha performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 66 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Dosha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dosha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dosha 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 384 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.