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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Dortha

Dortha was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1921, when it ranked 390th with 295 babies. More babies were named Dortha in the 1920s 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
1921295 babies
Total since 1880
6,811babies recorded

Dortha popularity since 1880

0125250375500 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#8,3877
1970#8,3325
1960#2,58922
1950#1,36845
1940#75385
1930#472203
1920#425248
1910#69937
1900#98315
1890——
1880——

How popular is Dortha, counting every spelling?

Dortha has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Dortha?

About 1,100 people born in the US named Dortha are alive today, with a median age of 80; half are between 71 and 88. That makes Dortha 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.

Dortha by state

How common Dortha was among girls born in each state in 1919–1923, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Oklahoma (7.0×), Arkansas (4.2×), West Virginia (4.0×), Missouri (3.1×), Kentucky (3.1×). In 31 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: 0.34 per 1,000 babiesID0.34Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesIL0.14Michigan: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesMI0.05New 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: 0.19 per 1,000 babiesIA0.19Indiana: 0.53 per 1,000 babiesIN0.53Ohio: 0.29 per 1,000 babiesOH0.29Pennsylvania: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesPA0.01New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesCA0.07Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.67 per 1,000 babiesMO0.67Kentucky: 0.66 per 1,000 babiesKY0.66West Virginia: 0.85 per 1,000 babiesWV0.85Virginia: 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: 0.46 per 1,000 babiesKS0.46Arkansas: 0.90 per 1,000 babiesAR0.90Tennessee: 0.50 per 1,000 babiesTN0.50North Carolina: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesNC0.10South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 1.5 per 1,000 babiesOK1.5Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: 0.19 per 1,000 babiesMS0.19Alabama: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesAL0.07Georgia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesGA0.03Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.49 per 1,000 babiesTX0.49Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Dortha, girls, 1919–1923. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Dortha

How popular is the name Dortha?

Dortha was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1921, when it ranked 390th with 295 babies. More babies were named Dortha in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Dortha a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 6,811 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Dortha most popular?

In 1919–1923, Dortha was most common in Oklahoma (1.50 per 1,000 girls), followed by Arkansas and West Virginia.