Dorinda

Last seen for girls in 2015 at #11,835

Peak · girls
1944 · 147 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,801
since 1892

Dorinda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Dorinda has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #605, 1944girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
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2015#11,8358
2014—
2013—
2012#16,8695
2011#14,8246
2010—
2009#17,2945
2008—
2007#13,9247
2006#13,6067
2005—
2004—
2003#13,8446
2002#11,1088
2001#10,1029
2000#10,7458
1999—
1998#14,1225
1997#9,8028
1996#8,8129
1995#8,07910
1994#5,98415
1993#8,05210
1992#5,71816
1991#6,97612
1990#5,54916
1989#5,83614
1988#7,6919
1987#4,85716
1986#4,18619
1985#3,85221
1984#3,42324
1983#3,15126
1982#3,53023
1981#3,34025
1980#2,80032
1979#2,27342
1978#2,30539
1977#2,12444
1976#1,61961
1975#1,90647
1974#1,38674
1973#1,52761
1972#1,47365
1971#1,19495
1970#1,069114
1969#994118
1968#917127
1967#919124
1966#905124
1965#878129
1964#850150
1963#769180
1962#739194
1961#888146
1960#796167
1959#791166
1958#759172
1957#700202
1956#682197
1955#834135
1954#827129
1953#820127
1952#836120
1951#1,17064
1950#94889
1949#99282
1948#858104
1947#92991
1946#98572
1945#84081
1944#605147
1943#1,83422
1942#1,70624
1941#1,95418
1940#1,74521
1939#1,68421
1938#2,11315
1937#3,8006
1936#1,69120
1935#2,09515
1934#3,4497
1933#2,40412
1932#3,0479
1931#2,30713
1930#3,6587
1929#2,92110
1928#2,76811
1927#3,2849
1926#3,04610
1925—
1924#4,4346
1923#4,9675
1922#3,6558
1921#2,94111
1920#2,59013
1919#3,8177
1918#3,8697
1917#4,5945
1916#3,2588
1915#3,7956
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1913#3,1875
1912#2,6346
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1892#1,2786
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First appearance
1892

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 1963

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedWAIdaho: #228 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 922 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedWIMichigan: #558 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 7,278 girlsMINew York: #627 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 7,775 girlsNYMassachusetts: #492 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,391 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedINOhio: #661 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 10,645 girlsOHPennsylvania: #832 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 16,963 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedNJConnecticut: #405 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,050 girlsCTCalifornia: #874 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 11,607 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedWVVirginia: #602 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,958 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedARTennessee: #585 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,948 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #568 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,623 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #488 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,027 girlsOKLouisiana: #689 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,229 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedHITexas: #843 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 9,744 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Dorinda, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Idaho#228 · 1 in 922
  2. Connecticut#405 · 1 in 4,050
  3. Oklahoma#488 · 1 in 4,027
  4. Massachusetts#492 · 1 in 7,391
  5. Michigan#558 · 1 in 7,278

Best ever in a state: #228 in Idaho, 1963.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#22861 in 922
Connecticut#40561 in 4,050
Oklahoma#48851 in 4,027
Massachusetts#49271 in 7,391
Michigan#558111 in 7,278
North Carolina#56871 in 6,623
Tennessee#58551 in 6,948
Virginia#60251 in 7,958
New York#627211 in 7,775
Ohio#66191 in 10,645
Louisiana#68951 in 7,229
Pennsylvania#83261 in 16,963
Texas#843111 in 9,744
California#874151 in 11,607
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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
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
52 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1892
  • Peaked 1944 at #605 (147 births)
  • Births halved by 1946, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 25 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1952–1969
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,029
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 30.4% of all girls named Dorinda (1,459) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s6#1,278 (1892)#1,278
1900s0——
1910s44#2,634 (1912)#3,593
1920s83#2,590 (1920)#3,401
1930s125#1,684 (1939)#2,625
1940s662#605 (1944)#1,245
1950s1,401#682 (1956)#837
1960s1,459#739 (1962)#866
1970s642#1,069 (1970)#1,688
1980s209#2,800 (1980)#4,267
1990s101#5,549 (1990)#8,122
2000s50#10,102 (2001)#12,946
2010s19#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 1963

girls
#769
180 births · 1 in 10,708 girls

Top girls' names in 1963

  1. #1Lisa56,047
  2. #2Mary41,546
  3. #3Susan33,991
  4. #4Karen32,492
  5. #5Linda27,727
  6. #6Donna25,405
  7. #7Patricia25,374
  8. #8Lori23,899
  9. #9Sandra21,621
  10. #10Cynthia21,589
  11. #769Dorinda180
More about 1963

girls

1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 10,708 of them was named Dorinda, which outranked 90.0% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dorinda
  1. #764Fonda181
  2. #764Tresa181
  3. #764William181
  4. #769Dorinda180
  5. #769Ilene180
  6. #769Serena180
  7. #769Vonda180
  8. #773Kathrine179
  9. #773Meg179
  10. #773Minerva179

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. ↑ 631Zena#1,323 → #692
  2. ↑ 623Zina#992 → #369
  3. ↑ 540Trisha#1,020 → #480
  4. ↑ 457Shirl#1,304 → #847
  5. ↑ 396Glynis#992 → #596
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,195Marnita#727 → #1,922
  2. ↓ 255Velvet#623 → #878
  3. ↓ 235Delphine#904 → #1,139
  4. ↓ 224Rosita#934 → #1,158
  5. ↓ 197Lindy#885 → #1,082

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1963 →