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

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Peak · girls
1923 · 290 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,360
since 1888

Dorris over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201903peak #391, 1923peak #835, 1937girlsboys
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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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1990#12,9585—
1989#10,8476—
1988#11,7985—
1987#11,3255—
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1984#9,1446—
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1981#7,4098—
1980#10,3925—
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1977#8,4446#5,8455
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1975#6,4848—
1974#6,9007#5,2275
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1972#5,4809—
1971#4,81011#3,9637
1970#4,49212#3,8367
1969#5,4568—
1968#3,16917—
1967#4,30010#3,9665
1966#3,04017#3,2497
1965#3,14916#2,9828
1964#3,10817#4,0395
1963#2,25228#3,6466
1962#2,26428#3,0418
1961#2,41125#3,3567
1960#1,88736#2,42312
1959#1,58547#3,6196
1958#1,93932#2,26513
1957#1,65242#2,37512
1956#1,93131#2,16814
1955#1,44549#3,2017
1954#1,44448#2,44911
1953#1,31255#2,18613
1952#1,15667#2,07314
1951#1,20360#2,05514
1950#1,16163#1,70119
1949#1,10966#1,70219
1948#92388#1,48724
1947#95187#1,51924
1946#89387#1,23632
1945#1,00359#1,37823
1944#84681#1,48321
1943#754106#1,15535
1942#84482#1,21433
1941#72894#1,27627
1940#71495#1,28827
1939#643113#94244
1938#614122#97742
1937#606123#83553
1936#604118#1,02838
1935#533146#1,04038
1934#523153#97043
1933#546137#99541
1932#489183#1,00443
1931#481178#1,01543
1930#435238#1,09340
1929#434229#1,21433
1928#445234#1,14738
1927#414273#1,09842
1926#398297#91654
1925#394302#94551
1924#392304#99350
1923#391290#91356
1922#419249#91458
1921#427254#1,02646
1920#453222#1,04544
1919#466203#1,04742
1918#549164#1,03542
1917#476187#96445
1916#519159#1,05837
1915#526143#1,05437
1914#557101#1,15325
1913#57977#1,07522
1912#67355#1,13717
1911#55858#1,7405
1910#59349#1,1938
1909#58044#1,1557
1908#79124#1,3735
1907#69430#1,3455
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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.

Where Dorris is popular in 1903

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Dorris
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
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  • The majority has never changed
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DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#1,136 (1888)#1,136
1890s84#790 (1896)#1,086
1900s275#537 (1902)#699
1910s1,196#466 (1919)#550
1920s2,654#391 (1923)#417
1930s1,511#435 (1930)#547
1940s845#714 (1940)#877
1950s494#1,156 (1952)#1,483
1960s202#1,887 (1960)#3,104
1970s53#4,492 (1970)#6,102
1980s35#7,409 (1981)#10,153
1990s5#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 1903

girls
#836
17 births · 1 in 15,410 girls

Top girls' names in 1903

  1. #1Mary14,275
  2. #2Helen6,129
  3. #3Anna5,098
  4. #4Margaret5,045
  5. #5Ruth4,517
  6. #6Elizabeth3,724
  7. #7Marie3,469
  8. #8Florence3,468
  9. #9Ethel3,257
  10. #10Mildred3,088
  11. #836Dorris17
More about 1903

girls

261,970 girls got a published name in 1903; 1 in 15,410 of them was named Dorris, which outranked 59.9% of the 2,083 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dorris
  1. #813Tempie18
  2. #813Twila18
  3. #813Verlie18
  4. #836Dorris17
  5. #836Adrienne17
  6. #836America17
  7. #836Arie17
  8. #862Alline16
  9. #862Almeta16
  10. #862Bernardine16

Tied with 25 names at #836; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1902
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,004Rafaela#1,793 → #789
  2. ↑ 957Evia#1,793 → #836
  3. ↑ 862Euphemia#1,793 → #931
  4. ↑ 758Janette#1,594 → #836
  5. ↑ 758Louis#1,594 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 889Littie#903 → #1,792
  2. ↓ 889Samantha#903 → #1,792
  3. ↓ 820Marianna#972 → #1,792
  4. ↓ 689Classie#903 → #1,592
  5. ↓ 667Venus#773 → #1,440

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

See the top 100 for 1903 →