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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Dorethea

Dorethea was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1932, when it ranked 1532nd; the most babies were born in 1956 (32). More babies were named Dorethea in the 1950s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
195632 babies
Total since 1880
1,035babies recorded

Dorethea popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980——
1970#5,9588
1960#2,83819
1950#2,06922
1940#2,33113
1930#1,71622
1920#1,76723
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Dorethea, counting every spelling?

Dorethea has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Dorethea?

About 500 people born in the US named Dorethea are alive today, with a median age of 69; half are between 62 and 76. That makes Dorethea a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Dorethea by state

How common Dorethea was among girls born in each state in 1954–1958, around its peak. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesIL0.01Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Dorethea, girls, 1954–1958. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Dorethea: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Dorethea, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Dorethea

How popular is the name Dorethea?

Dorethea was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1932, when it ranked 1532nd; the most babies were born in 1956 (32). More babies were named Dorethea in the 1950s than in any other decade.

Is Dorethea a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,035 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Dorethea most popular?

In 1954–1958, Dorethea was most common in Illinois (0.01 per 1,000 girls).