How Many People Are Named Dortha?
people named Dortha are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 281,536 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,811 babies named Dortha in Social Security records from 1889 to 1984, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
295 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of DOROTHY.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Dortha in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dortha alive today is about 78 years old, and 93% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 71 and 87 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dortha first appears in the records in 1889 and was given most often in 1921, to 295 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1984.
Babies given the name each year, 1889 to 1984
🏆 Rank History
Dortha has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #390, in 1921.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #390 (1921) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #433 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dortha alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dortha were born in Arkansas than in any other state: about 82 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dortha was given 7.3 times as often in Oklahoma, 6.1 times in Arkansas and 4.8 times in West Virginia.
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