Girls' name · since 1880
Dosha
Dosha has 384 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1898 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,848 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 384
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Dosha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 384 recorded since 1880.
Dosha has 384 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 1989.
- #13,848 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 384 born since 1880
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dosha ranks #13,848 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 384 born since 1880, peaking in the 1910s.
- #13,848 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 384
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Dosha's 384 recorded births place it above 80.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Kentucky.
Dosha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dosha's SSA record in two at 1914 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1880, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1898 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dosha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–1989
- Peak year (1898)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Dosha by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (66 births, 17% of the file).
1910s was Dosha's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 17% of all-time use.
Dosha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
56 births
- 1890s
1890s
48 births
- 1900s
1900s
58 births
- 1910s
1910s
66 births
- 1920s
1920s
54 births
- 1930s
1930s
28 births
- 1940s 11
1940s
11 births
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1970s
1970s
37 births
- 1980s 14
1980s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 66 births (17% of all-time use).
Dosha by state
Where Dosha concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kentucky | | 11 | 2.9% |
11 of 384 births nationwide.
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What to do with Dosha's data
- Dosha's decade-level peak was the 1910s (66 total births); usage has since declined to 14 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Kentucky records the most Doshas (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Kentucky names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dosha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1898)
Similar record span (~109 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dosha draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.