Dorothia is a very rare variant of Dorothy that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Dorothia is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1970. Dorothia was first reported in SSA data in 1912 and peaked in 1929 (11 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 5 | — | #8,328 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | #7,298 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | #6,843 |
| 1961 | 6 | — | #6,023 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | #5,626 |
| 1943 | 6 | — | #4,312 |
| 1930 | 7 | — | #3,752 |
| 1929 | 11 | — | #2,776 |
| 1927 | 6 | — | #4,430 |
| 1926 | 5 | — | #5,029 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | #5,163 |
| 1924 | 6 | — | #4,604 |
| 1923 | 8 | — | #3,723 |
| 1921 | 10 | — | #3,222 |
| 1920 | 7 | — | #4,074 |
| 1919 | 5 | — | #4,999 |
| 1918 | 6 | — | #4,422 |
| 1916 | 6 | — | #4,048 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | #3,518 |
| 1913 | 5 | — | #3,311 |
| 1912 | 6 | — | #2,720 |