Dorthea

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Dorthea: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Dorthea: Recorded since 1945, with a gap of 48 years, it reached #304 in 2001, and it stood at #430 in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#304highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Dorthea's record

Absent from every published list for 48 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Norway · Girls

Falling

among girls in Norway · 1945–2025

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#323
1994	#567
1995	#567
1996	#372
1997	#497
1998	#345
2000	#415
2001	#304
2002	#391
2003	#305
2004	#566
2005	#402
2006	#345
2007	#337
2009	#370
2010	#586
2011	#573
2012	#520
2013	#526
2014	#513
2015	#384
2018	#406
2019	#506
2020	#441
2022	#370
2023	#499
2025	#430

VerifiedSource: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name.Confidence: high.

See all Norway names · Source: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name

What the data shows

FallingNorway · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 27 of the 81 years from 1945 to 2025.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2025 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #323 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #304 among girls in Norway, in 2001 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #430 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Dorthea by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Dorthea in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	6	1 of 10	6
1990s	37	5 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	93	9 of 10	10
2010s	45	8 of 10	6
2020s	23	4 of 10	6

Across Norway · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Dorthea appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #304 in Norway in 2001.

Dorthea's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2025	Norway	female	#430	6	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#499	4	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#370	8	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#441	5	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#506	4	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#406	8	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#384	10	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#513	5	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#526	5	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#520	5	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#573	4	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#586	4	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#370	12	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#337	13	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#345	12	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#402	9	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#566	4	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#305	13	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#391	9	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#304	13	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#415	8	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#345	11	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#497	6	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#372	10	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#567	5	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#567	5	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#323	6	High	Verified

Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #304, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in Norway in 2001.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 48 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

5decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 5 decades →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
48 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period20 or more years missing →
#430position in 2025, its most recent recorded year
13births registered in its largest year, 2001Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Dorothy · #75, 65y
Dorthe · #211, 51y
Doruk · #2199, 13y
Dottie · #204, 17y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Cicilie · #302, 24y
Tom-Erik · #302, 32y
Ravn · #300, 29y
Wanja · #309, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Gudbrand · #301, 19y
Bjørn-Erik · #300, 35y
Birgitta · #298, 22y
Ragni · #311, 25y

Dorthea was ranked #304 in Norway · Girls in 2001. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Dorthea and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Dorthea without appearing here.

Dorthea moved ahead of

Reidun Compare
In 2005 they stood at #566 and #545 in Norway · Girls; by 2006 that had become #345 and #577.
Margaret Compare
In 2004 they stood at #566 and #536 in Norway · Girls; by 2005 that had become #402 and #611.
Grethe Compare
In 2000 they stood at #415 and #394 in Norway · Girls; by 2001 that had become #304 and #492.
Jennifer Compare
In 2014 they stood at #513 and #457 in Norway · Girls; by 2015 that had become #384 and #556.

Moved ahead of Dorthea

Cecilie Compare
In 1993 they stood at #323 and #359 in Norway · Girls; by 1994 that had become #567 and #30.
Sandra Compare
In 1993 they stood at #323 and #351 in Norway · Girls; by 1994 that had become #567 and #35.
Lisa Compare
In 1993 they stood at #323 and #330 in Norway · Girls; by 1994 that had become #567 and #37.
Emma Compare
In 1993 they stood at #323 and #342 in Norway · Girls; by 1994 that had become #567 and #80.

Moved the opposite way to Dorthea

Ava Compare
Between 2001 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Dorthea went from #304 to #430 while Ava went from #575 to #143.
Mila Compare
Between 2001 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Dorthea went from #304 to #430 while Mila went from #549 to #102.
Molly Compare
Between 2003 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Dorthea went from #305 to #430 while Molly went from #606 to #217.

Moved the same way as Dorthea

Ann Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Dorthea went from #323 to #499 and Ann from #82 to #404.
Berit Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Dorthea went from #323 to #499 and Berit from #7 to #494.
Gro Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Dorthea went from #323 to #499 and Gro from #65 to #465.
Janne Compare
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Dorthea went from #323 to #499 and Janne from #148 to #469.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #304 in Norway in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Dorthea

Dorthea at a glance

What stands out in Dorthea's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dorthea by decade in Norway · Girls

Dorthea appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

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Dorthea and the names beside it

Dorthea moved ahead of

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Dorthea at a glance

What stands out in Dorthea's record

Dorthea by decade in Norway · Girls

Dorthea appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Dorthea

Dorthea and the names beside it

Dorthea moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Dorthea

Moved the opposite way to Dorthea

Moved the same way as Dorthea