NameTides

Dorothea

Dorothea was the #1,777 girls' name in the US in 2025 (113 babies), and #872 in England & Wales and #1,768 in Canada.

Dorothea as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Dorothea as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandEngland & WalesIrelandCanadaUS
Dorothea as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,777 (113)#872 (40)#474 (6)#885 (3)#1,768 (13)
2024#2,067 (93)#811 (46)——#2,685 (7)
2023#2,757 (62)#1,056 (32)——#2,604 (7)
2022#2,720 (63)#857 (41)———
2021#2,416 (74)#884 (40)——#3,280 (5)
2020#2,779 (59)#1,065 (31)——#3,251 (5)
2019#3,272 (48)#980 (36)——#3,266 (5)
2018#2,810 (60)#1,170 (29)———
2017#3,436 (45)#1,219 (28)———
2016#3,523 (44)#1,635 (19)———
2015#3,915 (38)#1,783 (16)———
2014#4,892 (28)#2,058 (13)———
2013#5,143 (26)#1,707 (17)———
2012#6,576 (19)#1,809 (16)———
2011#7,436 (16)#2,893 (8)——#2,899 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1913 at #176.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 14,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 6,300uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Dorothea is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 14,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 9,700 to 1 in 20,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Dorothea by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,405ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,830NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,015PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,093CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,636TXFlorida: #2,151FL
Dorothea (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DorotheaCanadaGirls#1,76813
DorotheaEngland & WalesGirls#87240
DorotheaIrelandGirls#8853
DorotheaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
DorotheaScotlandGirls#4746
DorotheaUSGirls#1,777113
DorotheaUSBoys—too few