Doreatha
Doreatha is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192836 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1905
- 1,238people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,238 girls have been named Doreatha in the United States since 1905, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1928, with 36 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 36 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1940, and the 1920s alone account for 20%.
By decade
In 1928, its biggest year
Doreatha was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1928 were Mary, Betty, Dorothy, Helen and Margaret. See all of 1928.
Names that rose and fell with Doreatha
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Vernellpeak 1924
- Dorethapeak 1956
- Bernapeak 1929
- Lavonepeak 1924
- Verdellpeak 1932
- Jeanpeak 1927
- Dorinepeak 1932
- Doretheapeak 1956
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.