How Many People Are Named Dorotea?

40

people named Dorotea are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 8,544,621 people in the US has this name

Based on 130 babies named Dorotea in Social Security records from 1896 to 2016, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#52,177

💎💎 Very Rare

Population Percentage

0.0000%

Of US population

Peak Year

1922

11 births

Trend

→

Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Croatian
Pronunciation: do-ro-TE-a (Italian, Spanish)
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Form of DOROTHEA.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

DorotejaDorotaDoreteDorotheaDorteDortheDorothyDorthaDorthyDorothéeDorottyaDorotėjaBRAZILIANDorotéiaDoroteia

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Dorotea in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Dorotea alive today is about 59 years old, and 50% are 60 or older.

Under 30 5
12.5%
30 to 59 15
37.5%
60 and over 20
50%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Dorotea first appears in the records in 1896 and was given most often in 1922, to 11 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2016.

Babies given the name each year, 1896 to 2016

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Dorotea alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Dorotea were born in Texas than in any other state: about 5 of those alive today.

Texas 5

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