# Doretha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/doretha/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,562 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 8,562 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 22 | 3,679 |
| 1983 | 19 | 3,986 |
| 1984 | 19 | 4,042 |
| 1985 | 13 | 5,438 |
| 1986 | 13 | 5,525 |
| 1987 | 13 | 5,681 |
| 1988 | 17 | 4,895 |
| 1989 | 13 | 6,263 |
| 1990 | 14 | 6,225 |
| 1991 | 14 | 6,344 |
| 1992 | 9 | 8,948 |
| 1993 | 6 | 12,216 |
| 1994 | 6 | 12,218 |
| 1995 | 5 | 14,073 |
| 1998 | 5 | 14,823 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.