How Many People Are Named Dorotha?
people named Dorotha are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 540,798 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,788 babies named Dorotha in Social Security records from 1885 to 1970, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
197 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Dorotha in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dorotha alive today is about 80 years old, and 96% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 71 and 89 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dorotha first appears in the records in 1885 and was given most often in 1921, to 197 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1970.
Babies given the name each year, 1885 to 1970
🏆 Rank History
Dorotha has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #472, in 1916.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #472 (1916) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #530 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dorotha alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dorotha were born in Arkansas than in any other state: about 26 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dorotha was given 6.6 times as often in Oklahoma, 4.4 times in West Virginia and 4.3 times in Indiana.
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