How rare is the name Doretha?

3,935 people in the United States have the first name Doretha, about 1 in 76,755. It ranks #4,652 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DORETHA

#4,652

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,935
About
1 in 76,755
This common or more
84.3%
Who bears it

Of the 3,935 people named Doretha, 86.3% reported their origin as Black, 10% as White and 2.2% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Doretha peaked in 1956, when 198 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18961998
Peak year
1956
Births that year
198
In 1998
5 ▼97%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 8,562 babies have been given the name since 1896. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Doretha by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #996. The largest share of babies named Doretha, 36.7%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1890s#3,7106
1900s#2,06488
1910s#1,503541
1920s#1,1281,379
1930s#9961,451
1940s#1,1231,496
1950s#1,2291,833
1960s#1,7001,123
1970s#3,388400
1980s#6,664186
1990s#17,47159
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–2720.1%
Silent Generation 1928–4530.5%
Baby boom 1946–6436.7%
Generation X 1965–8010.1%
Millennials 1981–962.3%
Generation Z 1997–120.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Doretha is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Doretha has been most common in Louisiana (8.1×), Mississippi (8×), and South Carolina (6.7×), and least common in California (0.07×).

6,238 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Doretha

#4,650 Simran · 3,936#4,650 Stephane · 3,936#4,653 Charis · 3,934#4,654 Neville · 3,933

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Doretha, most common first.

#166 Dorothy · 304,932#2,241 Dorothea · 11,625#2,775 Dorthy · 8,404#5,425 Dorota · 3,175#8,938 Doretta · 1,590#8,981 Dortha · 1,580#10,246 Dorthea · 1,310#11,309 Dorathy · 1,142

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