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.

14
total births
1917–1925
years on record
1920s
peak decade
64%
born in that 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.

  • 14 total births
  • 1917–1925 years on record
  • 1920s peak decade
  • 64% born in that decade

Data updated Jul 2026

The verdict

14 girls have been named Dotha since 1917, peaking in the 1920s, last recorded in 1925.

14
total births
1917–1925
years on record
1920s
peak decade
64%
born in that decade
1920s
Peak decade

64% of everyone ever named Dotha was born in this single decade.

1925
Single peak year

9 babies were named Dotha in 1925 - its busiest year on record.

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 at a glance

Last recorded 1925

Total births

14

Since 1917

9 years of records

Peak year

1925

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1925

Active since

1917

Recorded for 9 years

Last year on file: 1925

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

Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance

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 July 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Dotha?
14 babies have been named Dotha since 1917. It was last recorded in 1925. The peak year was 1925 with 9 births.
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.

Data Sources

Data as of July 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).

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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Dotha: Baby Name Since 1917 - 14 Births, Peak 1925." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/dotha. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 July 2026.