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.

Dorthula

#29,650 most common girls' name of all time · #47,939 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1916–1950

Rank among girls
#29,650
Rank overall
#47,939 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
10 of 146
All-time
63
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1926 #3,785
Best rank
#3,586 1930
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
19201940

Dorthula first appears in 1916. 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
1950 6 — 6 #4,976
1940 7 — 7 #3,719
1932 6 — 6 #4,233
1930 8 — 8 #3,586
1928 5 — 5 #5,138
1927 8 — 8 #3,814
1926 8 — 8 #3,785
1925 5 — 5 #5,378
1920 5 — 5 #5,441
1916 5 — 5 #4,925