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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201935peak #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
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1963#3,33615
1962#3,59213
1961#3,46014
1960#3,35714
1959#3,43613
1958#2,97216
1957#2,65119
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1955#4,0699
1954#5,1486
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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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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.

Where Dorla is popular in 1935

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedMNIllinois: #569 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,086 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Dorla, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Illinois#569 · 1 in 10,086

Best ever in a state: #128 in Idaho, 1930.

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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 1935

girls
#1,119
39 births · 1 in 26,887 girls

Top girls' names in 1935

  1. #1Mary55,076
  2. #2Shirley42,366
  3. #3Barbara30,698
  4. #4Betty28,674
  5. #5Patricia22,879
  6. #6Dorothy19,406
  7. #7Joan18,220
  8. #8Margaret14,727
  9. #9Nancy14,544
  10. #10Helen12,785
  11. #1,119Dorla39
More about 1935

girls

1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 26,887 of them was named Dorla, which outranked 77.1% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dorla
  1. #1,101Sibyl40
  2. #1,101Verona40
  3. #1,101Versie40
  4. #1,119Dorla39
  5. #1,119Annis39
  6. #1,119Ardyce39
  7. #1,119Cleda39
  8. #1,135Arden38
  9. #1,135Audry38
  10. #1,135Bernetta38

Tied with 15 names at #1,119; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,736Norita#3,449 → #713
  2. ↑ 1,073Shelby#1,913 → #840
  3. ↑ 672Darla#1,344 → #672
  4. ↑ 396Shirleyann#1,292 → #896
  5. ↑ 375Loris#1,236 → #861
Fallers
  1. ↓ 545Marcelina#938 → #1,483
  2. ↓ 456Tomasa#925 → #1,381
  3. ↓ 393Glendora#938 → #1,331
  4. ↓ 388Marceline#993 → #1,381
  5. ↓ 358Rheta#526 → #884

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

See the top 100 for 1935 →