Dorthea
#3,928 most common girls' name of all time · #6,714 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1882–2025
Rank among girls
#3,928
Rank overall
#6,714 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
106 of 146
All-time
2,437
Since 2016
22
Peak year
1921 #890
Best rank
#682 1884
Girls
Boys
peak 69/yr
Dorthea first appears in 1882. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,969 |
| 2024 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,342 |
| 2020 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,132 |
| 2016 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,266 |
| 2009 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,346 |
| 2008 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,868 |
| 2005 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,545 |
| 2003 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,822 |
| 2002 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,218 |
| 1997 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,869 |
| 1996 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,160 |
| 1995 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,820 |
| 1994 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,607 |
| 1993 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,082 |
| 1992 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,736 |
| 1991 | 20 | — | 20 | #4,826 |
| 1990 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,150 |
| 1989 | 12 | — | 12 | #6,552 |
| 1988 | 12 | — | 12 | #6,304 |
| 1987 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,817 |
| 1986 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,775 |
| 1985 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,697 |
| 1984 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,179 |
| 1983 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,491 |
| 1982 | 23 | — | 23 | #3,537 |
| 1981 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,285 |
| 1980 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,563 |
| 1979 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,452 |
| 1978 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,586 |
| 1977 | 24 | — | 24 | #3,189 |
| 1976 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,384 |
| 1975 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,874 |
| 1974 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,709 |
| 1973 | 20 | — | 20 | #3,245 |
| 1972 | 20 | — | 20 | #3,185 |
| 1971 | 18 | — | 18 | #3,525 |
| 1970 | 31 | — | 31 | #2,401 |
| 1969 | 23 | — | 23 | #2,777 |
| 1968 | 34 | — | 34 | #2,060 |
| 1967 | 28 | — | 28 | #2,279 |
| 1966 | 49 | — | 49 | #1,604 |
| 1965 | 29 | — | 29 | #2,211 |
| 1964 | 32 | — | 32 | #2,117 |
| 1963 | 33 | — | 33 | #2,070 |
| 1962 | 41 | — | 41 | #1,792 |
| 1961 | 22 | — | 22 | #2,616 |
| 1960 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,839 |
| 1959 | 42 | — | 42 | #1,700 |
| 1958 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,795 |
| 1957 | 34 | — | 34 | #1,878 |
| 1956 | 41 | — | 41 | #1,670 |
| 1955 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,847 |
| 1954 | 43 | — | 43 | #1,545 |
| 1953 | 24 | — | 24 | #2,132 |
| 1952 | 26 | — | 26 | #1,986 |
| 1951 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,780 |
| 1950 | 40 | — | 40 | #1,459 |
| 1949 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,434 |
| 1948 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,198 |
| 1947 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,278 |
| 1946 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,931 |
| 1945 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,884 |
| 1944 | 19 | — | 19 | #1,982 |
| 1943 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,166 |
| 1942 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,772 |
| 1941 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,659 |
| 1940 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,605 |
| 1939 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,599 |
| 1938 | 18 | — | 18 | #1,891 |
| 1937 | 34 | — | 34 | #1,237 |
| 1936 | 19 | — | 19 | #1,757 |
| 1935 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,490 |
| 1934 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,386 |
| 1933 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,681 |
| 1932 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,196 |
| 1931 | 22 | — | 22 | #1,648 |
| 1930 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,258 |
| 1929 | 32 | — | 32 | #1,345 |
| 1928 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,262 |
| 1927 | 49 | — | 49 | #1,090 |
| 1926 | 47 | — | 47 | #1,101 |
| 1925 | 39 | — | 39 | #1,257 |
| 1924 | 64 | — | 64 | #952 |
| 1923 | 49 | — | 49 | #1,091 |
| 1922 | 49 | — | 49 | #1,091 |
| 1921 | 69 | — | 69 | #890 |
| 1920 | 50 | — | 50 | #1,053 |
| 1919 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,113 |
| 1918 | 48 | — | 48 | #1,048 |
| 1917 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,169 |
| 1916 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,260 |
| 1915 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,144 |
| 1914 | 29 | — | 29 | #1,130 |
| 1913 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,161 |
| 1912 | 14 | — | 14 | #1,498 |
| 1911 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,583 |
| 1910 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,452 |
| 1909 | 12 | — | 12 | #1,244 |
| 1908 | 14 | — | 14 | #1,105 |
| 1907 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,314 |
| 1906 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,603 |
| 1903 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,847 |
| 1897 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,307 |
| 1895 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,159 |
| 1884 | 11 | — | 11 | #682 |
| 1882 | 5 | — | 5 | #989 |