Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Dorothea

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Dorothea
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 91.6% from peak

Peak era

1920

Peak rank proxy

1,110

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19202024

Peak year

1920

Decline from peak

91.6%

2024

All-time

34,308

Dorothea once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1920, when 1,110 girls were named Dorothea.

In 2024, only 93 girls were given the name.

Down 91.6% from its peak.

All told, about 34,308 Americans have been named Dorothea and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 91.6% from peak

19201,110 girls named Dorothea

202493 girls named Dorothea

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