Dorla

Last seen for girls in 1970 at #7,995

Peak · girls
1930 · 171 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,089
since 1923

Dorla over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Dorla has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201931peak #513, 1930girls
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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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1970#7,9955
1969#6,6176
1968#6,2466
1967#4,6259
1966#4,4939
1965#4,8318
1964
1963#3,33615
1962#3,59213
1961#3,46014
1960#3,35714
1959#3,43613
1958#2,97216
1957#2,65119
1956#3,69611
1955#4,0699
1954#5,1486
1953#2,43119
1952#3,04013
1951#3,10612
1950#2,65215
1949#2,99912
1948#2,49116
1947#3,24011
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1945#3,6767
1944#2,40114
1943#2,15117
1942#2,53713
1941#2,09616
1940#1,63523
1939#2,12515
1938#1,75220
1937#1,38928
1936#95152
1935#1,11939
1934#89458
1933#92354
1932#82669
1931#73384
1930#513171
1929#672108
1928#2,62312
1927#4,2866
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1924#4,4346
1923#4,3766
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First appearance
1923

The first year at least five girls were named Dorla! It came in at #4,376, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1925–1926, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Dorla
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1970
  • Biggest jump: 1,951 spots in 1929 (#2,623#672)
  • Biggest drop: 438 spots in 1937 (#951#1,389)
Rise & fade · girls
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1923
  • Peaked 1930 at #513 (171 births)
  • Births halved by 1931, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1929–1934
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,584
  • Highest: 1 in 6,584 girls born in 1930 were named Dorla (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 349,629 girls born in 1970 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 54.2% of all girls named Dorla (590) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s138#672 (1929)#3,278
1930s590#513 (1930)#1,123
1940s129#1,635 (1940)#2,581
1950s133#2,431 (1953)#3,320
1960s94#3,336 (1963)#4,506
1970s5#7,995 (1970)#7,995

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.

Dorla in 1931

girls
#733
84 births · 1 in 12,675 girls

Top girls' names in 1931

  1. #1Mary60,299
  2. #2Betty36,105
  3. #3Dorothy26,524
  4. #4Barbara21,804
  5. #5Joan19,119
  6. #6Helen17,664
  7. #7Margaret17,332
  8. #8Patricia16,469
  9. #9Shirley14,405
  10. #10Doris13,629
  11. #733Dorla84
More about 1931

girls

1,064,728 girls got a published name in 1931; 1 in 12,675 of them was named Dorla, which outranked 85.3% of the 4,979 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dorla
  1. #728Jocelyn85
  2. #728Kathrine85
  3. #728Lita85
  4. #733Dorla84
  5. #733Annetta84
  6. #733Antonette84
  7. #733Cassie84
  8. #740Concepcion83
  9. #740Idella83
  10. #740Ray83

Tied with 6 names at #733; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1930
Risers
  1. 857Joretta#1,320#463
  2. 519Joetta#1,460#941
  3. 483Sondra#1,031#548
  4. 465Celine#1,460#995
  5. 343Lynne#1,274#931
Fallers
  1. 377Margo#937#1,314
  2. 349Rachael#894#1,243
  3. 317Evelyne#926#1,243
  4. 287Vivien#971#1,258
  5. 283Ardeth#629#912

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

See the top 100 for 1931