Baby name

Dorotha

Girl

Short-lived name

In 1921, Dorotha reached its peak: 197 girls, 1 baby in 11,850. Since then, the name has fallen 99%, to about 0 births a year. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published. 37% of all babies named Dorotha since 1880 were born in the 1920s.

4,788births since 1880

1920sgeneration

No. 500rank at its peak, in 1921

Where babies named Dorotha are born

1921

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

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Dorotha is most common in Oklahoma (7 times), West Virginia (4.7) and Indiana (4.2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Dorothy 1,112,231
Dorothea 34,421
Doretha 8,562
Dortha 6,811

Names from the same era

Eulalia · Vita · Lavada · Elvera · Almeda · Elmira

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