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How popular is “Dortha” in the USA?

Number of people named “Dortha” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Dortha” 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 “Dortha” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Dortha” by birth year

This chart shows how “Dortha” 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
1889 5 0.000017304 5 100%
1892 11 0.000032897 11 100%
1894 9 0.000026573 9 100%
1895 7 0.000019942 7 100%
1896 5 0.000013987 5 100%
1897 12 0.000034586 12 100%
1898 5 0.000013108 5 100%
1899 9 0.00002653 9 100%
1900 15 0.000033314 15 100%
1901 19 0.000054943 19 100%
1902 20 0.000051715 20 100%
1903 20 0.000052466 20 100%
1904 32 0.000079309 32 100%
1905 22 0.000051896 22 100%
1906 29 0.000067686 29 100%
1907 50 0.000107437 50 100%
1908 42 0.000085951 42 100%
1909 33 0.000064551 33 100%
1910 37 0.000062636 37 100%
1911 49 0.000076054 49 100%
1912 97 0.000098172 97 100%
1913 94 0.000082666 94 100%
1914 105 0.000074135 105 100%
1915 148 0.000080767 148 100%
1916 157 0.000081161 157 100%
1917 205 0.000102155 205 100%
1918 186 0.00008567 186 100%
1919 219 0.000103779 219 100%
1920 248 0.000109606 248 100%
1921 295 0.000126365 295 100%
1922 238 0.000103968 238 100%
1923 276 0.000119871 276 100%
1924 276 0.000115888 276 100%
1925 293 0.000125573 293 100%
1926 264 0.000114987 264 100%
1927 221 0.000095285 221 100%
1928 177 0.000078286 177 100%
1929 212 0.000096708 212 100%
1930 203 0.000091306 203 100%
1931 181 0.000086011 181 100%
1932 165 0.000078151 165 100%
1933 151 0.000075521 151 100%
1934 154 0.000074152 154 100%
1935 139 0.00006651 139 100%
1936 130 0.000062573 130 100%
1937 120 0.00005632 120 100%
1938 103 0.000046552 103 100%
1939 110 0.000049922 110 100%
1940 85 0.000036913 85 100%
1941 85 0.000034887 85 100%
1942 71 0.00002599 71 100%
1943 87 0.000030823 87 100%
1944 69 0.00002565 69 100%
1945 69 0.000026009 69 100%
1946 58 0.000018152 58 100%
1947 67 0.000018599 67 100%
1948 44 0.000012744 44 100%
1949 47 0.000013487 47 100%
1950 45 0.000012845 45 100%
1951 34 0.00000923 34 100%
1952 34 0.000008952 34 100%
1953 41 0.000010639 41 100%
1954 33 0.00000829 33 100%
1955 37 0.000009215 37 100%
1956 23 0.000005578 23 100%
1957 28 0.000006663 28 100%
1958 26 0.000006289 26 100%
1959 24 0.000005772 24 100%
1960 22 0.000005296 22 100%
1961 30 0.000007242 30 100%
1962 22 0.000005452 22 100%
1963 14 0.000003537 14 100%
1964 19 0.000004887 19 100%
1965 8 0.000002207 8 100%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 100%
1967 11 0.00000324 11 100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 100%
1969 9 0.00000259 9 100%
1970 5 0.000001386 5 100%
1972 9 0.000002864 9 100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 100%
1975 5 0.000001656 5 100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 100%
1980 7 0.000002032 7 100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 100%
1984 5 0.000001433 5 100%

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