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How popular is “Doretha” in the USA?

Number of people named “Doretha” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Doretha” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Doretha” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Doretha” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Doretha” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Doretha” by birth year

This chart shows how “Doretha” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1896 6 0.000016784 6 100%
1900 6 0.000013326 6 100%
1903 6 0.00001574 6 100%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 100%
1905 16 0.000037743 16 100%
1906 11 0.000025674 11 100%
1907 12 0.000025785 12 100%
1908 21 0.000042976 21 100%
1909 11 0.000021517 11 100%
1910 21 0.00003555 21 100%
1911 26 0.000040355 26 100%
1912 36 0.000036435 36 100%
1913 33 0.000029021 33 100%
1914 41 0.000028948 41 100%
1915 50 0.000027286 50 100%
1916 57 0.000029466 57 100%
1917 83 0.00004136 83 100%
1918 90 0.000041453 90 100%
1919 104 0.000049283 104 100%
1920 129 0.000057013 129 100%
1921 117 0.000050118 117 100%
1922 114 0.0000498 114 100%
1923 122 0.000052986 122 100%
1924 159 0.000066762 159 100%
1925 157 0.000067287 157 100%
1926 161 0.000070125 161 100%
1927 142 0.000061224 142 100%
1928 163 0.000072094 163 100%
1929 115 0.00005246 115 100%
1930 152 0.000068367 152 100%
1931 159 0.000075556 159 100%
1932 172 0.000081467 172 100%
1933 129 0.000064518 129 100%
1934 154 0.000074152 154 100%
1935 155 0.000074166 155 100%
1936 123 0.000059204 123 100%
1937 146 0.000068523 146 100%
1938 134 0.000060563 134 100%
1939 127 0.000057637 127 100%
1940 155 0.000067313 155 100%
1941 146 0.000059924 146 100%
1942 145 0.000053078 145 100%
1943 128 0.000045349 128 100%
1944 157 0.000058363 157 100%
1945 153 0.000057673 153 100%
1946 136 0.000042562 136 100%
1947 161 0.000044693 161 100%
1948 158 0.000045764 158 100%
1949 157 0.000045053 157 100%
1950 155 0.000044243 155 100%
1951 180 0.000048863 180 100%
1952 174 0.000045814 174 100%
1953 195 0.000050601 195 100%
1954 195 0.000048986 195 100%
1955 191 0.000047571 191 100%
1956 198 0.000048023 198 100%
1957 198 0.000047119 198 100%
1958 185 0.000044752 185 100%
1959 162 0.000038961 162 100%
1960 163 0.000039241 163 100%
1961 148 0.000035729 148 100%
1962 147 0.000036428 147 100%
1963 132 0.000033348 132 100%
1964 110 0.000028295 110 100%
1965 107 0.000029514 107 100%
1966 88 0.000025319 88 100%
1967 71 0.000020914 71 100%
1968 84 0.000024864 84 100%
1969 73 0.000021005 73 100%
1970 66 0.0000183 66 100%
1971 62 0.000018063 62 100%
1972 53 0.000016863 53 100%
1973 43 0.000014253 43 100%
1974 37 0.000012171 37 100%
1975 32 0.000010598 32 100%
1976 36 0.000011864 36 100%
1977 30 0.000009444 30 100%
1978 19 0.000005986 19 100%
1979 22 0.000006613 22 100%
1980 41 0.000011903 41 100%
1981 16 0.000004625 16 100%
1982 22 0.000006271 22 100%
1983 19 0.000005486 19 100%
1984 19 0.000005446 19 100%
1985 13 0.000003642 13 100%
1986 13 0.000003655 13 100%
1987 13 0.000003605 13 100%
1988 17 0.000004601 17 100%
1989 13 0.000003382 13 100%
1990 14 0.000003542 14 100%
1991 14 0.000003594 14 100%
1992 9 0.000002343 9 100%
1993 6 0.000001591 6 100%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 100%
1995 5 0.000001365 5 100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 100%

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