How popular is the name Doretha?

Doretha ranks 1,545th among girls' names in US records, with 8,562 births since 1896. Over the past decade it accounts for 72.

Is Doretha a unisex name?

No. Doretha is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1957, when 198 children were given the name. It last appears in the record in 1998.

Girl name#1,545 of girl names

Pronounced D UW1 R EH1 T HH AA1 (ARPABET)

Doretha is a girls' name, and first appears in 1896. It has been given to 8,562 children — the 1,545th most common girls' name on record.

It has left circulation; 1998 is the last year it appears. Its best single year was 1957, when 198 children were given it.

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Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Doretha?: Doretha ranks 1,545th among girls' names in US records, with 8,562 births since 1896. Over the past decade it accounts for 72.
Is Doretha a unisex name?: No. Doretha is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Doretha most popular?: 1957, when 198 children were given the name. It last appears in the record in 1998.