Baby name

Doretha

Girl

Classic name

The high point came in 1956, with 198 births and the No. 679 spot that year. Few fads, plenty of staying power: it appears in 96 years out of 146. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published.

8,562births since 1880

1950sgeneration

No. 679rank at its peak, in 1956

Where babies named Doretha are born

1956

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The darker the blue, the more common Doretha is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Doretha is most common in Louisiana (7.3 times), Mississippi (6.2) and South Carolina (5.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Dortha 6,811
Dorotha 4,788
Doretta 2,597
Loretha 1,792
Doreatha 1,238
Oretha 1,158

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