# Dortha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dortha/  
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 | 6,811 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,811 (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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 8 | 4,951 |
| 1966 | 9 | 4,589 |
| 1967 | 11 | 4,110 |
| 1968 | 5 | 7,301 |
| 1969 | 9 | 5,154 |
| 1970 | 5 | 8,332 |
| 1972 | 9 | 5,598 |
| 1973 | 5 | 8,783 |
| 1975 | 5 | 9,463 |
| 1976 | 6 | 8,428 |
| 1978 | 5 | 10,182 |
| 1980 | 7 | 8,387 |
| 1982 | 5 | 10,939 |
| 1983 | 5 | 10,731 |
| 1984 | 5 | 10,864 |

## 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.