Dorsey

Where Dorsey comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Dorsey.

  • Vowel-ended
Dorsey through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #482 among boys, with 14 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1894
    Peak, #336
    28 babies named Dorsey, its best rank.
  3. 1897
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #584.
  4. 1932
    Dorsey Burnette born
    American rockabilly musician
  5. 1957
    Dorsey Wright born
    American actor
  6. 1995
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

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Namesakes
  • Dorsey Wright · American actor, born 1957
  • Dorsey Burnette · American rockabilly musician, 1932–1979
  • Dorsey W. Shackleford · American politician, 1853–1936
  • Dorsey Dixon · Musician, songwriter, millworker, 1897–1968
  • Dorsey Levens · player of American football, born 1970

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.