Dorris

Where Dorris comes from

Dorris hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1888
    First appearance
    #1,136 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1914
    Dorris Bowdon born
    American actress
  3. 1923
    Peak, #391
    290 babies named Dorris — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1933
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #546.
  5. 1966
    Dorris Haron Kasco born
    Ivorian photographer
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Dorris Bowdon · American actress, 1914–2005
  • Dorris Haron Kasco · Ivorian photographer, born 1966
  • Dorris Henderson · American musician, 1933–2005

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.