Dorene
Last seen for girls in 2007 at #17,636
- Peak · girls
- 1956 · 275 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,925since 1909
Dorene over time
Rank among girls' names. Dorene has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 |
| 1979 | #2,430 | 38 |
| 1978 | #2,431 | 36 |
| 1977 | #2,307 | 39 |
| 1976 | #1,968 | 45 |
| 1975 | #2,278 | 36 |
| 1974 | #1,630 | 57 |
| 1973 | #1,433 | 68 |
| 1972 | #1,313 | 77 |
| 1971 | #1,266 | 87 |
| 1970 | #1,036 | 119 |
| 1969 | #903 | 137 |
| 1968 | #909 | 129 |
| 1967 | #815 | 149 |
| 1966 | #792 | 155 |
| 1965 | #714 | 192 |
| 1964 | #712 | 212 |
| 1963 | #662 | 233 |
| 1962 | #687 | 226 |
| 1961 | #697 | 226 |
| 1960 | #670 | 229 |
| 1959 | #622 | 257 |
| 1958 | #571 | 296 |
| 1957 | #589 | 268 |
| 1956 | #567 | 275 |
| 1955 | #622 | 223 |
| 1954 | #628 | 210 |
| 1953 | #650 | 190 |
| 1952 | #664 | 178 |
| 1951 | #810 | 122 |
| 1950 | #745 | 133 |
| 1949 | #641 | 168 |
| 1948 | #700 | 142 |
| 1947 | #667 | 159 |
| 1946 | #662 | 144 |
| 1945 | #688 | 118 |
| 1944 | #695 | 116 |
| 1943 | #673 | 127 |
| 1942 | #725 | 106 |
| 1941 | #693 | 102 |
| 1940 | #675 | 105 |
| 1939 | #633 | 115 |
| 1938 | #591 | 137 |
| 1937 | #646 | 110 |
| 1936 | #644 | 105 |
| 1935 | #715 | 88 |
| 1934 | #625 | 113 |
| 1933 | #663 | 98 |
| 1932 | #616 | 115 |
| 1931 | #690 | 93 |
| 1930 | #810 | 76 |
| 1929 | #876 | 66 |
| 1928 | #805 | 79 |
| 1927 | #1,000 | 58 |
| 1926 | #893 | 69 |
| 1925 | #890 | 69 |
| 1924 | #1,096 | 51 |
| 1923 | #901 | 66 |
| 1922 | #1,207 | 41 |
| 1921 | #1,092 | 48 |
| 1920 | #2,172 | 17 |
| 1919 | #1,325 | 34 |
| 1918 | #1,497 | 28 |
| 1917 | #1,377 | 29 |
| 1916 | #1,298 | 31 |
| 1915 | #1,475 | 24 |
| 1914 | #1,541 | 18 |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 |
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| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Dorene! It came in at #2,208, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1909–1911, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Dorene is popular in 1937
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Washington#231 · 1 in 1,721
- Minnesota#248 · 1 in 2,254
- Colorado#258 · 1 in 1,693
- Wisconsin#333 · 1 in 4,623
- California#398 · 1 in 3,690
Best ever in a state: #126 in Oregon, 1931.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | #231 | 6 | 1 in 1,721 |
| Minnesota | #248 | 9 | 1 in 2,254 |
| Colorado | #258 | 5 | 1 in 1,693 |
| Wisconsin | #333 | 5 | 1 in 4,623 |
| California | #398 | 11 | 1 in 3,690 |
| Pennsylvania | #427 | 10 | 1 in 7,158 |
| Michigan | #428 | 6 | 1 in 6,645 |
| Illinois | #511 | 7 | 1 in 7,420 |
| New York | #629 | 6 | 1 in 13,923 |
| Texas | #884 | 5 | 1 in 11,175 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Dorene
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2007
- Biggest jump: 306 spots in 1923 (#1,207 → #901)
- Biggest drop: 195 spots in 1924 (#901 → #1,096)
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 1956 at #567 (275 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 46 yrs · run 1925–1969
- Highest: 1 in 6,796 girls born in 1958 were named Dorene (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 384,523 girls born in 2007 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #567 in 1956, was only 1 in 7,301 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 27.2% of all girls named Dorene (2,152) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #2,208 (1909) | #2,208 |
| 1910s | 182 | #1,298 (1916) | #1,582 |
| 1920s | 564 | #805 (1928) | #1,093 |
| 1930s | 1,050 | #591 (1938) | #663 |
| 1940s | 1,287 | #641 (1949) | #682 |
| 1950s | 2,152 | #567 (1956) | #647 |
| 1960s | 1,888 | #662 (1963) | #756 |
| 1970s | 602 | #1,036 (1970) | #1,809 |
| 1980s | 112 | #4,327 (1980) | #6,471 |
| 1990s | 71 | #7,604 (1994) | #10,053 |
| 2000s | 12 | #12,187 (2002) | #14,912 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Dorene in 1937
Top girls' names in 1937
More about 1937
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1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 9,673 of them was named Dorene, which outranked 86.9% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #643Birdie111
- #643Esperanza111
- #643Vada111
- #646Dorene110
- #646Adelaide110
- #646Berta110
- #646Janelle110
- #652Cordelia109
- #652Justine109
- #652Madonna109
Tied with 5 names at #646; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.