Name meaning & stats
Doretha
Doretha (Ancient Greek origin). 5,097 US babies since 1940, peak 1956.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
Ancient GreekSpelling of Dorothea
In US birth records
Peak year: 1956
5,097 US babies were named Doretha between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Doretha (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 4 Dorotheas spell it Doretha
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1956)