Dorinda
Last seen for girls in 2015 at #11,835
- Peak · girls
- 1944 · 147 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,801since 1892
Dorinda over time
Rank among girls' names. Dorinda has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 |
| 1986 | #4,186 | 19 |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 |
| 1984 | #3,423 | 24 |
| 1983 | #3,151 | 26 |
| 1982 | #3,530 | 23 |
| 1981 | #3,340 | 25 |
| 1980 | #2,800 | 32 |
| 1979 | #2,273 | 42 |
| 1978 | #2,305 | 39 |
| 1977 | #2,124 | 44 |
| 1976 | #1,619 | 61 |
| 1975 | #1,906 | 47 |
| 1974 | #1,386 | 74 |
| 1973 | #1,527 | 61 |
| 1972 | #1,473 | 65 |
| 1971 | #1,194 | 95 |
| 1970 | #1,069 | 114 |
| 1969 | #994 | 118 |
| 1968 | #917 | 127 |
| 1967 | #919 | 124 |
| 1966 | #905 | 124 |
| 1965 | #878 | 129 |
| 1964 | #850 | 150 |
| 1963 | #769 | 180 |
| 1962 | #739 | 194 |
| 1961 | #888 | 146 |
| 1960 | #796 | 167 |
| 1959 | #791 | 166 |
| 1958 | #759 | 172 |
| 1957 | #700 | 202 |
| 1956 | #682 | 197 |
| 1955 | #834 | 135 |
| 1954 | #827 | 129 |
| 1953 | #820 | 127 |
| 1952 | #836 | 120 |
| 1951 | #1,170 | 64 |
| 1950 | #948 | 89 |
| 1949 | #992 | 82 |
| 1948 | #858 | 104 |
| 1947 | #929 | 91 |
| 1946 | #985 | 72 |
| 1945 | #840 | 81 |
| 1944 | #605 | 147 |
| 1943 | #1,834 | 22 |
| 1942 | #1,706 | 24 |
| 1941 | #1,954 | 18 |
| 1940 | #1,745 | 21 |
| 1939 | #1,684 | 21 |
| 1938 | #2,113 | 15 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 |
| 1936 | #1,691 | 20 |
| 1935 | #2,095 | 15 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 |
| 1933 | #2,404 | 12 |
| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 |
| 1931 | #2,307 | 13 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 |
| 1920 | #2,590 | 13 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 |
| 1911 | — | |
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| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
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| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Dorinda! It came in at #1,278, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1893–1911, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Dorinda is popular in 1957
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- West Virginia#396 · 1 in 3,952
- Florida#422 · 1 in 3,826
- Virginia#471 · 1 in 5,180
- South Carolina#473 · 1 in 4,732
- Maryland#485 · 1 in 6,080
Best ever in a state: #228 in Idaho, 1963.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #396 | 5 | 1 in 3,952 |
| Florida | #422 | 12 | 1 in 3,826 |
| Virginia | #471 | 8 | 1 in 5,180 |
| South Carolina | #473 | 6 | 1 in 4,732 |
| Maryland | #485 | 5 | 1 in 6,080 |
| Wisconsin | #498 | 5 | 1 in 8,785 |
| Tennessee | #507 | 6 | 1 in 6,277 |
| Pennsylvania | #558 | 13 | 1 in 9,086 |
| California | #566 | 26 | 1 in 6,307 |
| Indiana | #598 | 6 | 1 in 8,651 |
| Missouri | #623 | 5 | 1 in 9,036 |
| Ohio | #632 | 11 | 1 in 10,099 |
| New Jersey | #645 | 5 | 1 in 11,522 |
| North Carolina | #662 | 5 | 1 in 10,123 |
| Michigan | #718 | 7 | 1 in 13,589 |
| Texas | #750 | 13 | 1 in 8,880 |
| Illinois | #836 | 7 | 1 in 15,493 |
| New York | #888 | 9 | 1 in 18,825 |
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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 Dorinda
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
- Biggest jump: 1,229 spots in 1944 (#1,834 → #605)
- Biggest drop: 235 spots in 1945 (#605 → #840)
- Debuted 1892
- Peaked 1944 at #605 (147 births)
- Births halved by 1946, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1952–1969
- Highest: 1 in 9,029 girls born in 1944 were named Dorinda (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 223,137 girls born in 2015 (0.00%)
- 30.4% of all girls named Dorinda (1,459) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #1,278 (1892) | #1,278 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 44 | #2,634 (1912) | #3,593 |
| 1920s | 83 | #2,590 (1920) | #3,401 |
| 1930s | 125 | #1,684 (1939) | #2,625 |
| 1940s | 662 | #605 (1944) | #1,245 |
| 1950s | 1,401 | #682 (1956) | #837 |
| 1960s | 1,459 | #739 (1962) | #866 |
| 1970s | 642 | #1,069 (1970) | #1,688 |
| 1980s | 209 | #2,800 (1980) | #4,267 |
| 1990s | 101 | #5,549 (1990) | #8,122 |
| 2000s | 50 | #10,102 (2001) | #12,946 |
| 2010s | 19 | #11,835 (2015) | #14,509 |
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.
Dorinda in 1957
Top girls' names in 1957
More about 1957
girls
2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 10,123 of them was named Dorinda, which outranked 90.0% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).