Doretta
Doretta is a name with multiple cultural origins: English, Italian.
- English
- Italian
Meaning & Origin of Doretta
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Doretta is a name with multiple cultural origins: English, Italian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
- Italian
The Story of Doretta
American parents first put Doretta on the record books as a baby girl name in 1888, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1953, when 107 Dorettas were born — ranking #906 that year. About 29% of every Doretta on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Doretta last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Doretta
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Doretta. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Doretta
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About the name Doretta
Doretta is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1888 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Doretta's peak popularity came in 1953 when it ranked #906. Use the chart and map above to compare Doretta's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.