Dorthea was the #11,932 girls' name in the US in 2025 (7 babies).
Dorthea as a girl’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#11,932 (7)
2024
#15,293 (5)
2020
#15,088 (5)
2016
#16,215 (5)
2009
#17,294 (5)
2008
#13,832 (7)
2005
#14,502 (6)
2003
#15,784 (5)
2002
#12,187 (7)
1997
#10,836 (7)
1996
#8,132 (10)
1995
#11,783 (6)
1994
#10,569 (7)
1993
#8,052 (10)
1992
#5,718 (16)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1884 at #640.
Rising over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1882.
How common is it?
about 1 in 250,000 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.