girls:
2.6k births since 1888
#3395 (41st percentile)
overall:
2.6k births since 1888
#5261 (32nd percentile)
The name Doretta is the #5,261 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,592 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 32.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 32.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,395 (40.6% percentile) for all time with 2,592 births since 1888.
Doretta first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (first recorded for girls in 1888). Birth data for Doretta is available in 98 out of the 136 years between 1888 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Doretta reached its peak popularity in 1953, achieving the 14.7% percentile (ranked #593) with 55 births per million. The name was most common in 1953, with 55 births per million (ranked 14.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Doretta ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 5.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Doretta".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Doretta. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 75.7% confident that Doretta is pronounced as daw-REH-tuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is der-EH-tuh, at 16.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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