Dorris
Last seen for girls in 1990 at #12,958 · Last seen for boys in 1977 at #5,845
Given to girls 81.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1923 · 290 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,360since 1888
Dorris over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | — | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | — | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | — | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | — | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | — | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #3,040 | 17 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #3,149 | 16 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #2,252 | 28 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #2,264 | 28 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #2,411 | 25 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | #1,887 | 36 | #2,423 | 12 |
| 1959 | #1,585 | 47 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #1,939 | 32 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1957 | #1,652 | 42 | #2,375 | 12 |
| 1956 | #1,931 | 31 | #2,168 | 14 |
| 1955 | #1,445 | 49 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | #1,444 | 48 | #2,449 | 11 |
| 1953 | #1,312 | 55 | #2,186 | 13 |
| 1952 | #1,156 | 67 | #2,073 | 14 |
| 1951 | #1,203 | 60 | #2,055 | 14 |
| 1950 | #1,161 | 63 | #1,701 | 19 |
| 1949 | #1,109 | 66 | #1,702 | 19 |
| 1948 | #923 | 88 | #1,487 | 24 |
| 1947 | #951 | 87 | #1,519 | 24 |
| 1946 | #893 | 87 | #1,236 | 32 |
| 1945 | #1,003 | 59 | #1,378 | 23 |
| 1944 | #846 | 81 | #1,483 | 21 |
| 1943 | #754 | 106 | #1,155 | 35 |
| 1942 | #844 | 82 | #1,214 | 33 |
| 1941 | #728 | 94 | #1,276 | 27 |
| 1940 | #714 | 95 | #1,288 | 27 |
| 1939 | #643 | 113 | #942 | 44 |
| 1938 | #614 | 122 | #977 | 42 |
| 1937 | #606 | 123 | #835 | 53 |
| 1936 | #604 | 118 | #1,028 | 38 |
| 1935 | #533 | 146 | #1,040 | 38 |
| 1934 | #523 | 153 | #970 | 43 |
| 1933 | #546 | 137 | #995 | 41 |
| 1932 | #489 | 183 | #1,004 | 43 |
| 1931 | #481 | 178 | #1,015 | 43 |
| 1930 | #435 | 238 | #1,093 | 40 |
| 1929 | #434 | 229 | #1,214 | 33 |
| 1928 | #445 | 234 | #1,147 | 38 |
| 1927 | #414 | 273 | #1,098 | 42 |
| 1926 | #398 | 297 | #916 | 54 |
| 1925 | #394 | 302 | #945 | 51 |
| 1924 | #392 | 304 | #993 | 50 |
| 1923 | #391 | 290 | #913 | 56 |
| 1922 | #419 | 249 | #914 | 58 |
| 1921 | #427 | 254 | #1,026 | 46 |
| 1920 | #453 | 222 | #1,045 | 44 |
| 1919 | #466 | 203 | #1,047 | 42 |
| 1918 | #549 | 164 | #1,035 | 42 |
| 1917 | #476 | 187 | #964 | 45 |
| 1916 | #519 | 159 | #1,058 | 37 |
| 1915 | #526 | 143 | #1,054 | 37 |
| 1914 | #557 | 101 | #1,153 | 25 |
| 1913 | #579 | 77 | #1,075 | 22 |
| 1912 | #673 | 55 | #1,137 | 17 |
| 1911 | #558 | 58 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #593 | 49 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | #580 | 44 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | #791 | 24 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #694 | 30 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | #642 | 31 | — | |
| 1905 | #664 | 28 | — | |
| 1904 | #727 | 23 | — | |
| 1903 | #836 | 17 | — | |
| 1902 | #537 | 36 | — | |
| 1901 | #659 | 23 | — | |
| 1900 | #860 | 19 | — | |
| 1899 | #835 | 15 | — | |
| 1898 | #840 | 16 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | #867 | 14 | #942 | 6 |
| 1896 | #790 | 17 | — | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | #1,237 | 7 | — | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | — | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
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| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1888
The first year at least five girls were named Dorris! It came in at #1,136, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1893, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1990
- Biggest jump: 211 spots in 1909 (#791 → #580)
- Biggest drop: 299 spots in 1903 (#537 → #836)
Rise & fade · girls
35 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1923 at #391 (290 births)
- Births halved by 1933, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 52 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1896–1944
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,991
- Highest: 1 in 3,991 girls born in 1926 were named Dorris (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 379,709 girls born in 1990 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #391 in 1923, was only 1 in 4,160 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 36.1% of all girls named Dorris (2,654) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #1,136 (1888) | #1,136 |
| 1890s | 84 | #790 (1896) | #1,086 |
| 1900s | 275 | #537 (1902) | #699 |
| 1910s | 1,196 | #466 (1919) | #550 |
| 1920s | 2,654 | #391 (1923) | #417 |
| 1930s | 1,511 | #435 (1930) | #547 |
| 1940s | 845 | #714 (1940) | #877 |
| 1950s | 494 | #1,156 (1952) | #1,483 |
| 1960s | 202 | #1,887 (1960) | #3,104 |
| 1970s | 53 | #4,492 (1970) | #6,102 |
| 1980s | 35 | #7,409 (1981) | #10,153 |
| 1990s | 5 | #12,958 (1990) | #12,958 |
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.
Dorris in 1902
girls
#537
36 births · 1 in 7,335 girls
Top girls' names in 1902
More about 1902
girls
264,073 girls got a published name in 1902; 1 in 7,335 of them was named Dorris, which outranked 73.7% of the 2,042 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).