Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Dorethea

#6,889 most common girls' name of all time · #11,601 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1912–1977

Rank among girls
#6,889
Rank overall
#11,601 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
65 of 146
All-time
1,035
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1956 #1,914
Best rank
#1,560 1932
Girls Boys peak 32/yr
192019401960

Dorethea first appears in 1912. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1977 6 — 6 #8,595
1976 5 — 5 #9,498
1975 10 — 10 #5,612
1974 6 — 6 #7,818
1972 12 — 12 #4,578
1971 8 — 8 #6,107
1970 8 — 8 #5,913
1969 10 — 10 #4,792
1968 14 — 14 #3,665
1967 13 — 13 #3,722
1966 8 — 8 #4,966
1965 19 — 19 #2,867
1964 19 — 19 #2,948
1963 25 — 25 #2,448
1962 17 — 17 #3,077
1961 23 — 23 #2,570
1960 19 — 19 #2,851
1959 18 — 18 #2,800
1958 19 — 19 #2,699
1957 29 — 29 #2,050
1956 32 — 32 #1,914
1955 22 — 22 #2,364
1954 18 — 18 #2,639
1953 22 — 22 #2,255
1952 21 — 21 #2,306
1951 22 — 22 #2,153
1950 22 — 22 #2,091
1949 17 — 17 #2,473
1948 18 — 18 #2,375
1947 23 — 23 #2,069
1946 11 — 11 #3,126
1945 11 — 11 #2,829
1944 17 — 17 #2,159
1943 7 — 7 #3,967
1942 14 — 14 #2,483
1941 13 — 13 #2,473
1940 13 — 13 #2,383
1939 15 — 15 #2,171
1938 13 — 13 #2,411
1937 12 — 12 #2,522
1936 19 — 19 #1,785
1935 15 — 15 #2,173
1934 17 — 17 #1,980
1933 19 — 19 #1,820
1932 25 — 25 #1,560
1931 19 — 19 #1,858
1930 22 — 22 #1,744
1929 14 — 14 #2,398
1928 23 — 23 #1,775
1927 20 — 20 #2,006
1926 13 — 13 #2,672
1925 22 — 22 #1,882
1924 17 — 17 #2,285
1923 20 — 20 #2,007
1922 16 — 16 #2,364
1921 11 — 11 #3,094
1920 23 — 23 #1,813
1919 19 — 19 #1,979
1918 14 — 14 #2,498
1917 7 — 7 #3,908
1916 11 — 11 #2,796
1915 10 — 10 #2,853
1914 13 — 13 #2,002
1913 6 — 6 #3,094
1912 9 — 9 #2,141