How Many People Are Named Doretta?
people named Doretta are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 246,242 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,597 babies named Doretta in Social Security records from 1888 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
107 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of DORA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Doretta in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Doretta alive today is about 67 years old, and 78% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 61 and 73 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Doretta first appears in the records in 1888 and was given most often in 1953, to 107 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1888 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Doretta has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #908, in 1953.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #908 (1953) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,175 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Doretta alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Doretta were born in New York than in any other state: about 65 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Doretta was given 2.6 times as often in New York, 2.3 times in California and 2 times in Pennsylvania.
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