Girls' name · since 1917

Dotha

Dotha has 14 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1925 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#50,477 of 72,339
all-time among girls
14
born since 1917
1920s
peak decade

Dotha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 14 have been recorded since 1917.

Dotha has 14 recorded births among girls since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 1925.

  • #50,477 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 14 born since 1917
  • 1920s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dotha ranks #50,477 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 14 born since 1917, peaking in the 1920s.

#50,477 of 72,339
all-time among girls
14
born since 1917
1920s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Dotha's 14 recorded births place it above 29.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Dotha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Dotha splits its recorded history at 1925: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1917 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1925 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Dotha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1925

Last recorded 1925
Peak year (1925)
9
Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
45678910 19171925 9

Dotha by decade

1920s is the heaviest window (9 births, 64% of the file).

1920s was Dotha's strongest decade.

9 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.

Dotha births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1920s at 9 births (64% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Dotha?
14 babies have been named Dotha since 1917. All-time, it sits at #50,477 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. It was last recorded in 1925. The peak year was 1925 with 9 births.
Where does Dotha sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dotha ranks #50,477 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Dotha most popular?
Dotha was most popular in the 1920s decade with 9 total births. The single peak year was 1925.
How long has the name Dotha been used?
Dotha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1917, spanning 9 years of data through 1925.
What names are similar to Dotha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Dottie, Dotty, Dot, Dotti, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Two nationwide peer axes for Dotha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1917–1925 (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 Dotha 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.