Dorothea is an established variant of Dorothy that peaked in 1920 and has since faded.
Dorothea is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,782 for girl births in the United States (and #3,258 across all names), given to 113 babies. Dorothea was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1920 (1,110 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 113 | 113 | #1,782 | — |
| 2024 | 93 | 93 | #2,073 | — |
| 2023 | 62 | 62 | #2,764 | — |
| 2022 | 63 | 63 | #2,729 | — |
| 2021 | 74 | 74 | #2,424 | — |
| 2020 | 59 | 59 | #2,790 | — |
| 2019 | 48 | 48 | #3,293 | — |
| 2018 | 60 | 60 | #2,819 | — |
| 2017 | 45 | 45 | #3,449 | — |
| 2016 | 44 | 44 | #3,539 | — |
| 2015 | 38 | 38 | #3,936 | — |
| 2014 | 28 | 28 | #4,931 | — |
| 2013 | 26 | 26 | #5,182 | — |
| 2012 | 19 | 19 | #6,676 | — |
| 2011 | 16 | 16 | #7,526 | — |
| 2010 | 21 | 21 | #6,243 | — |
| 2009 | 21 | 21 | #6,380 | — |
| 2008 | 23 | 23 | #5,999 | — |
| 2007 | 15 | 15 | #8,213 | — |
| 2006 | 20 | 20 | #6,432 | — |
| 2005 | 14 | 14 | #8,021 | — |
| 2004 | 22 | 22 | #5,623 | — |
| 2003 | 26 | 26 | #4,847 | — |
| 2002 | 33 | 33 | #3,911 | — |
| 2001 | 18 | 18 | #6,145 | — |
| 2000 | 18 | 18 | #6,016 | — |
| 1999 | 28 | 28 | #4,119 | — |
| 1998 | 24 | 24 | #4,530 | — |
| 1997 | 27 | — | #4,037 | — |
| 1996 | 21 | — | #4,777 | — |
| 1995 | 22 | — | #4,565 | — |
| 1994 | 31 | — | #3,555 | — |
| 1993 | 32 | — | #3,444 | — |
| 1992 | 33 | — | #3,352 | — |
| 1991 | 38 | — | #2,999 | — |
| 1990 | 43 | — | #2,707 | — |
| 1989 | 51 | — | #2,309 | — |
| 1988 | 51 | — | #2,223 | — |
| 1987 | 44 | — | #2,367 | — |
| 1986 | 45 | — | #2,273 | — |
| 1985 | 43 | — | #2,324 | — |
| 1984 | 41 | — | #2,349 | — |
| 1983 | 52 | — | #1,970 | — |
| 1982 | 48 | — | #2,125 | — |
| 1981 | 54 | — | #1,965 | — |
| 1980 | 49 | — | #2,107 | — |
| 1979 | 59 | — | #1,818 | — |
| 1978 | 59 | — | #1,754 | — |
| 1977 | 61 | — | #1,703 | — |
| 1976 | 56 | — | #1,719 | — |
| 1975 | 64 | — | #1,566 | — |
| 1974 | 71 | — | #1,431 | — |
| 1973 | 66 | — | #1,454 | — |
| 1972 | 102 | — | #1,103 | — |
| 1971 | 101 | — | #1,151 | — |
| 1970 | 129 | — | #976 | — |
| 1969 | 148 | — | #857 | — |
| 1968 | 160 | — | #791 | — |
| 1967 | 184 | — | #724 | — |
| 1966 | 207 | — | #675 | — |
| 1965 | 211 | — | #678 | — |
| 1964 | 256 | — | #640 | — |
| 1963 | 259 | — | #627 | — |
| 1962 | 313 | — | #554 | — |
| 1961 | 308 | — | #570 | — |
| 1960 | 280 | — | #592 | — |
| 1959 | 293 | — | #575 | — |
| 1958 | 298 | — | #568 | — |
| 1957 | 300 | — | #553 | — |
| 1956 | 300 | — | #546 | #3,635 |
| 1955 | 312 | — | #522 | — |
| 1954 | 298 | — | #515 | — |
| 1953 | 302 | — | #500 | — |
| 1952 | 320 | — | #471 | — |
| 1951 | 283 | — | #486 | — |
| 1950 | 308 | — | #463 | — |
| 1949 | 343 | — | #427 | — |
| 1948 | 296 | — | #466 | — |
| 1947 | 316 | — | #463 | — |
| 1946 | 287 | — | #460 | — |
| 1945 | 249 | — | #453 | — |
| 1944 | 300 | — | #418 | — |
| 1943 | 335 | — | #398 | — |
| 1942 | 340 | — | #387 | — |
| 1941 | 295 | — | #401 | — |
| 1940 | 350 | — | #344 | — |
| 1939 | 334 | — | #353 | — |
| 1938 | 316 | — | #366 | — |
| 1937 | 309 | — | #368 | — |
| 1936 | 368 | — | #322 | — |
| 1935 | 402 | — | #307 | — |
| 1934 | 441 | — | #294 | — |
| 1933 | 422 | — | #295 | — |
| 1932 | 443 | — | #300 | — |
| 1931 | 505 | — | #278 | — |
| 1930 | 640 | — | #243 | — |
| 1929 | 572 | — | #268 | — |
| 1928 | 630 | — | #257 | — |
| 1927 | 707 | — | #245 | — |
| 1926 | 758 | — | #233 | — |
| 1925 | 891 | — | #215 | — |
| 1924 | 937 | — | #209 | — |
| 1923 | 925 | — | #210 | — |
| 1922 | 931 | — | #207 | — |
| 1921 | 1,057 | — | #196 | — |
| 1920 | 1,110 | — | #187 | — |
| 1919 | 1,001 | — | #191 | — |
| 1918 | 1,065 | — | #187 | — |
| 1917 | 1,076 | — | #180 | — |
| 1916 | 1,036 | — | #179 | — |
| 1915 | 925 | — | #182 | — |
| 1914 | 731 | — | #182 | — |
| 1913 | 658 | — | #176 | — |
| 1912 | 562 | — | #174 | — |
| 1911 | 389 | — | #182 | — |
| 1910 | 307 | — | #212 | — |
| 1909 | 253 | — | #223 | — |
| 1908 | 246 | — | #217 | — |
| 1907 | 239 | — | #211 | — |
| 1906 | 178 | — | #242 | — |
| 1905 | 217 | — | #207 | — |
| 1904 | 168 | — | #240 | — |
| 1903 | 136 | — | #263 | — |
| 1902 | 124 | — | #280 | — |
| 1901 | 109 | — | #285 | — |
| 1900 | 140 | — | #274 | — |
| 1899 | 94 | — | #305 | — |
| 1898 | 114 | — | #287 | — |
| 1897 | 91 | — | #303 | — |
| 1896 | 83 | — | #320 | — |
| 1895 | 76 | — | #327 | — |
| 1894 | 77 | — | #318 | — |
| 1893 | 88 | — | #287 | — |
| 1892 | 65 | — | #330 | — |
| 1891 | 67 | — | #307 | — |
| 1890 | 52 | — | #355 | — |
| 1889 | 56 | — | #330 | — |
| 1888 | 38 | — | #398 | — |
| 1887 | 62 | — | #268 | — |
| 1886 | 35 | — | #360 | — |
| 1885 | 34 | — | #343 | — |
| 1884 | 40 | — | #305 | — |
| 1883 | 30 | — | #326 | — |
| 1882 | 15 | — | #477 | — |
| 1881 | 21 | — | #362 | — |
| 1880 | 16 | — | #425 | — |