Is Dorotha a boy or girl name?
Dorotha was a girl name in the US. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 4,788 US babies named Dorotha were girls. Fewer than 10 babies were given the name in 2024.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Dorotha since 1885
- 4,788
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 197 babies
Boys and girls named Dorotha, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 6 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 38 | 100% |
| 1900s | 0 | 273 | 100% |
| 1910s | 0 | 1,263 | 100% |
| 1920s | 0 | 1,767 | 100% |
| 1930s | 0 | 832 | 100% |
| 1940s | 0 | 354 | 100% |
| 1950s | 0 | 166 | 100% |
| 1960s | 0 | 84 | 100% |
| 1970s | 0 | 5 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1990s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2000s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2010s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2020s | 0 | 0 | – |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 5 | #8,328 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 5 | #7,778 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 8 | #5,108 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 9 | #4,587 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 11 | #4,009 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 10 | #4,426 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 7 | #5,465 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 7 | #5,443 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 11 | #4,077 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 16 | #3,123 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 12 | #3,674 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 14 | #3,268 |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 15 | #3,066 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 17 | #2,852 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 16 | #2,867 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 27 | #2,039 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 15 | #2,851 |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 14 | #2,954 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 22 | #2,140 |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 14 | #2,805 |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 23 | #2,029 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 22 | #2,083 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 27 | #1,869 |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 32 | #1,566 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 37 | #1,317 |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 27 | #1,584 |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 52 | #1,115 |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 50 | #1,118 |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 45 | #1,104 |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 39 | #1,175 |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 49 | #1,012 |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 45 | #1,070 |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 77 | #780 |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 71 | #801 |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 72 | #799 |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 91 | #701 |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 89 | #690 |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 95 | #697 |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 115 | #619 |
| 1930 | 0 | – | 128 | #612 |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 129 | #603 |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 155 | #567 |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 178 | #531 |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 182 | #517 |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 186 | #518 |
| 1924 | 0 | – | 192 | #516 |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 189 | #506 |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 191 | #503 |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 197 | #501 |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 168 | #550 |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 154 | #554 |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 163 | #555 |
| 1917 | 0 | – | 180 | #493 |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 181 | #472 |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 165 | #480 |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 100 | #562 |
| 1913 | 0 | – | 90 | #535 |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 102 | #475 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 64 | #519 |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 64 | #514 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 46 | #568 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 47 | #537 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 43 | #557 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 31 | #650 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 24 | #740 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 28 | #658 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 21 | #741 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 13 | #981 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 12 | #969 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 8 | #1,469 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 7 | #1,305 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 8 | #1,284 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 5 | #1,618 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 7 | #1,334 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 6 | #1,316 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 5 | #1,507 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 6 | #952 |
Highest rank
Dorotha has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #472 in 1916. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Dorotha
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.