Dorothea
Rank in 2025
#1777
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
113
girls 113
Peak year
1913
658 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
34,427
since 1880
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Dorothea was most popular in 1913, when 658 babies recorded as girls got the name (1.1 per 1,000). In 2025, 113 babies were named Dorothea, ranking #1777 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 64%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 113 | 1777 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 93 | 2067 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 62 | 2757 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 63 | 2720 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 74 | 2416 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 59 | 2779 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 48 | 3272 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 60 | 2810 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 45 | 3436 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 44 | 3523 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 38 | 3915 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 28 | 4892 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 26 | 5143 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 19 | 6576 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 16 | 7436 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 21 | 6182 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 21 | 6317 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 23 | 5955 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 15 | 8098 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 20 | 6356 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 14 | 7891 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 22 | 5555 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 26 | 4804 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 33 | 3889 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 18 | 6067 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 18 | 5937 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 28 | 4088 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 24 | 4492 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 27 | 4007 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 21 | 4739 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 22 | 4518 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 31 | 3536 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 32 | 3422 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 33 | 3343 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 38 | 2989 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 43 | 2695 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 51 | 2304 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 51 | 2216 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 44 | 2360 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 45 | 2265 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 43 | 2317 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 41 | 2340 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 52 | 1961 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 48 | 2115 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 54 | 1958 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 49 | 2096 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 59 | 1814 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 59 | 1746 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 61 | 1701 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 56 | 1714 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 64 | 1561 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 71 | 1428 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 66 | 1450 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 102 | 1103 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 101 | 1148 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 129 | 974 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 148 | 854 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 160 | 791 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 184 | 723 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 207 | 675 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 211 | 678 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 256 | 640 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 259 | 627 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 313 | 554 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 308 | 570 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 280 | 592 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 293 | 575 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 298 | 568 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 300 | 552 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 294 | 546 | 6 | 3535 |
| 1955 | 312 | 522 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 298 | 515 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 302 | 500 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 320 | 471 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 283 | 486 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 308 | 463 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 343 | 427 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 296 | 466 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 316 | 463 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 287 | 459 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 249 | 452 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 300 | 418 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 335 | 398 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 340 | 387 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 295 | 401 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 350 | 343 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 334 | 353 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 316 | 366 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 309 | 368 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 368 | 322 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 402 | 307 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 441 | 293 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 422 | 295 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 443 | 300 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 505 | 278 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 640 | 243 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 572 | 268 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 630 | 257 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 707 | 245 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 758 | 233 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 891 | 215 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 937 | 209 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 925 | 209 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 931 | 207 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 1,057 | 196 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 1,110 | 187 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 1,001 | 191 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 1,065 | 187 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 1,076 | 180 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 1,036 | 179 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 925 | 182 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 731 | 182 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 658 | 176 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 562 | 174 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 389 | 181 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 307 | 212 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 253 | 223 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 246 | 217 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 239 | 211 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 178 | 242 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 217 | 206 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 168 | 240 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 136 | 263 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 124 | 280 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 109 | 285 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 140 | 274 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 94 | 304 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 114 | 287 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 91 | 302 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 83 | 319 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 76 | 327 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 77 | 318 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 88 | 286 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 65 | 330 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 67 | 306 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 52 | 354 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 56 | 329 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 38 | 394 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 62 | 268 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 35 | 360 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 34 | 341 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 40 | 304 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 30 | 324 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 15 | 475 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 21 | 360 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 16 | 421 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years