Is Dortha a boy or girl name?
Dortha was a girl name in the US. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 6,811 US babies named Dortha were girls. Fewer than 10 babies were given the name in 2024.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Dortha since 1889
- 6,811
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 295 babies
Boys and girls named Dortha, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 5 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 58 | 100% |
| 1900s | 0 | 282 | 100% |
| 1910s | 0 | 1,297 | 100% |
| 1920s | 0 | 2,500 | 100% |
| 1930s | 0 | 1,456 | 100% |
| 1940s | 0 | 682 | 100% |
| 1950s | 0 | 325 | 100% |
| 1960s | 0 | 149 | 100% |
| 1970s | 0 | 35 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 22 | 100% |
| 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 | – | 5 | #10,863 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 5 | #10,729 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 5 | #10,938 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 7 | #8,387 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 5 | #10,182 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 6 | #8,429 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 5 | #9,463 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 5 | #8,782 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 9 | #5,595 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 5 | #8,333 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 9 | #5,153 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 5 | #7,300 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 11 | #4,110 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 9 | #4,589 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 8 | #4,949 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 19 | #2,933 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 14 | #3,502 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 22 | #2,622 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 30 | #2,163 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 22 | #2,591 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 24 | #2,354 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 26 | #2,224 |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 28 | #2,080 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 23 | #2,336 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 37 | #1,705 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 33 | #1,804 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 41 | #1,534 |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 34 | #1,689 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 34 | #1,644 |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 45 | #1,368 |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 47 | #1,341 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 44 | #1,390 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 67 | #1,089 |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 58 | #1,116 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 69 | #905 |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 69 | #928 |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 87 | #833 |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 71 | #928 |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 85 | #783 |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 85 | #753 |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 110 | #650 |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 103 | #678 |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 120 | #616 |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 130 | #579 |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 139 | #546 |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 154 | #522 |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 151 | #518 |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 165 | #507 |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 181 | #475 |
| 1930 | 0 | – | 203 | #472 |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 212 | #452 |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 177 | #520 |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 221 | #469 |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 264 | #420 |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 293 | #400 |
| 1924 | 0 | – | 276 | #419 |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 276 | #403 |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 238 | #433 |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 295 | #390 |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 248 | #425 |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 219 | #445 |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 186 | #496 |
| 1917 | 0 | – | 205 | #450 |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 157 | #525 |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 148 | #511 |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 105 | #547 |
| 1913 | 0 | – | 94 | #527 |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 97 | #486 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 49 | #611 |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 37 | #699 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 33 | #693 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 42 | #576 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 50 | #508 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 29 | #679 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 22 | #785 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 32 | #602 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 20 | #766 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 20 | #777 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 19 | #749 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 15 | #983 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 9 | #1,120 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 5 | #1,770 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 12 | #938 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 5 | #1,643 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 7 | #1,335 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 9 | #1,080 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 11 | #918 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 5 | #1,332 |
Highest rank
Dortha has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #390 in 1921. 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 Dortha
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.