Dorota
Dorota is a Polish, Czech and Slovak female given name, cognate with Dorothy.
- Polish
- Czech
- Slovak
Meaning & Origin of Dorota
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dorota is a Polish, Czech and Slovak female given name, cognate with Dorothy.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Polish
- Czech
- Slovak
The Story of Dorota
Dorota first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1970, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1972: 7 births, good for #6,558 nationwide. About 57% of every Dorota on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Dorota last appeared in the published SSA data in 1999, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 49 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Dorota
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About the name Dorota
Dorota is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1970 and has accumulated 49 births in the dataset. Dorota's peak popularity came in 1972 when it ranked #6,558. Use the chart and map above to compare Dorota'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.