How Many People Are Named Doretha?
people named Doretha are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 79,208 people in the US has this name
Based on 8,562 babies named Doretha in Social Security records from 1896 to 1998, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
198 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Doretha in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Doretha alive today is about 69 years old, and 79% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 61 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Doretha first appears in the records in 1896 and was given most often in 1956, to 198 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1998.
Babies given the name each year, 1896 to 1998
🏆 Rank History
Doretha has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #502, in 1932.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #502 (1932) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #704 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Doretha alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Doretha were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 394 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Doretha was given 7.1 times as often in Louisiana, 5.7 times in Mississippi and 5.4 times in South Carolina.
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