Doretha is an uncommon variant of Dorothy that was most common in the 1950s and has all but disappeared.
Doretha is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1998. Doretha was first reported in SSA data in 1896 and peaked in 1956 (198 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 5 | 5 | #14,823 |
| 1995 | 5 | — | #14,073 |
| 1994 | 6 | — | #12,218 |
| 1993 | 6 | — | #12,216 |
| 1992 | 9 | — | #8,948 |
| 1991 | 14 | — | #6,344 |
| 1990 | 14 | — | #6,225 |
| 1989 | 13 | — | #6,263 |
| 1988 | 17 | — | #4,895 |
| 1987 | 13 | — | #5,681 |
| 1986 | 13 | — | #5,525 |
| 1985 | 13 | — | #5,438 |
| 1984 | 19 | — | #4,042 |
| 1983 | 19 | — | #3,986 |
| 1982 | 22 | — | #3,679 |
| 1981 | 16 | — | #4,591 |
| 1980 | 41 | — | #2,356 |
| 1979 | 22 | — | #3,572 |
| 1978 | 19 | — | #3,815 |
| 1977 | 30 | — | #2,733 |
| 1976 | 36 | — | #2,305 |
| 1975 | 32 | — | #2,470 |
| 1974 | 37 | — | #2,187 |
| 1973 | 43 | — | #1,919 |
| 1972 | 53 | — | #1,680 |
| 1971 | 62 | — | #1,564 |
| 1970 | 66 | — | #1,506 |
| 1969 | 73 | — | #1,331 |
| 1968 | 84 | — | #1,180 |
| 1967 | 71 | — | #1,285 |
| 1966 | 88 | — | #1,131 |
| 1965 | 107 | — | #1,010 |
| 1964 | 110 | — | #1,028 |
| 1963 | 132 | — | #916 |
| 1962 | 147 | — | #870 |
| 1961 | 148 | — | #878 |
| 1960 | 163 | — | #815 |
| 1959 | 162 | — | #804 |
| 1958 | 185 | — | #726 |
| 1957 | 198 | — | #707 |
| 1956 | 198 | — | #680 |
| 1955 | 191 | — | #678 |
| 1954 | 195 | — | #658 |
| 1953 | 195 | — | #640 |
| 1952 | 174 | — | #671 |
| 1951 | 180 | — | #649 |
| 1950 | 155 | — | #690 |
| 1949 | 157 | — | #664 |
| 1948 | 158 | — | #665 |
| 1947 | 161 | — | #659 |
| 1946 | 136 | — | #685 |
| 1945 | 153 | — | #589 |
| 1944 | 157 | — | #585 |
| 1943 | 128 | — | #668 |
| 1942 | 145 | — | #622 |
| 1941 | 146 | — | #578 |
| 1940 | 155 | — | #554 |
| 1939 | 127 | — | #593 |
| 1938 | 134 | — | #598 |
| 1937 | 146 | — | #560 |
| 1936 | 123 | — | #595 |
| 1935 | 155 | — | #515 |
| 1934 | 154 | — | #521 |
| 1933 | 129 | — | #563 |
| 1932 | 172 | — | #502 |
| 1931 | 159 | — | #521 |
| 1930 | 152 | — | #553 |
| 1929 | 115 | — | #651 |
| 1928 | 163 | — | #546 |
| 1927 | 142 | — | #595 |
| 1926 | 161 | — | #563 |
| 1925 | 157 | — | #573 |
| 1924 | 159 | — | #583 |
| 1923 | 122 | — | #671 |
| 1922 | 114 | — | #686 |
| 1921 | 117 | — | #686 |
| 1920 | 129 | — | #634 |
| 1919 | 104 | — | #686 |
| 1918 | 90 | — | #751 |
| 1917 | 83 | — | #759 |
| 1916 | 57 | — | #897 |
| 1915 | 50 | — | #938 |
| 1914 | 41 | — | #922 |
| 1913 | 33 | — | #932 |
| 1912 | 36 | — | #835 |
| 1911 | 26 | — | #841 |
| 1910 | 21 | — | #948 |
| 1909 | 11 | — | #1,312 |
| 1908 | 21 | — | #855 |
| 1907 | 12 | — | #1,159 |
| 1906 | 11 | — | #1,174 |
| 1905 | 16 | — | #935 |
| 1904 | 5 | — | #1,960 |
| 1903 | 6 | — | #1,652 |
| 1900 | 6 | — | #1,776 |
| 1896 | 6 | — | #1,458 |