Girl name#678 of girl names
Dorothea
Pronounced D AO2 R AH0 TH IY1 AH0 (ARPABET)
- 4 syllables
- Peaked 1920
- 145 years in use
How popular is Dorothea?
Dorothea is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 34,314 children — the 678th most common girls' name on record.
It peaked in 1920, went quiet for most of a century, and is climbing again. Its best single year was 1920, when 1,110 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 4 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- D AO2 R AH0 TH IY1 AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 2010
- Syllables:
- 4
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Dorothea
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Dorothea
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Dorothea?
- Dorothea ranks 678th among girls' names in US records, with 34,314 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 586.
- Is Dorothea a unisex name?
- No. Dorothea is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Dorothea most popular?
- 1920, when 1,110 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.