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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201924peak #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
1986
1985
1984#9,1446
1983
1982
1981#7,4098
1980#10,3925
1979
1978
1977#8,4446#5,8455
1976
1975#6,4848
1974#6,9007#5,2275
1973
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
1906#64231
1905#66428
1904#72723
1903#83617
1902#53736
1901#65923
1900#86019
1899#83515
1898#84016#1,1215
1897#86714#9426
1896#79017
1895
1894#1,2377
1893
1892#1,4505
1891#1,3325
1890#1,3385
1889
1888#1,1366
1887
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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.

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 1924

girls
#392
304 births · 1 in 4,108 girls
boys
#993
50 births · 1 in 22,655 boys

Top girls' names in 1924

  1. #1Mary73,534
  2. #2Dorothy39,996
  3. #3Helen31,194
  4. #4Betty30,600
  5. #5Margaret26,547
  6. #6Ruth23,601
  7. #7Virginia18,620
  8. #8Mildred15,853
  9. #9Doris15,786
  10. #10Frances15,183
  11. #392Dorris304

Top boys' names in 1924

  1. #1Robert60,802
  2. #2John59,052
  3. #3William53,506
  4. #4James52,942
  5. #5Charles30,460
  6. #6George27,373
  7. #7Joseph25,421
  8. #8Richard21,244
  9. #9Edward21,126
  10. #10Donald17,929
  11. #993Dorris50
More about 1924

girls

1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 4,108 of them was named Dorris, which outranked 93.4% of the 5,900 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dorris
  1. #389Consuelo311
  2. #390Tommie310
  3. #391Leota309
  4. #392Dorris304
  5. #392Lelia304
  6. #392Lorna304
  7. #395Kay302
  8. #396Lilly301
  9. #397Johanna300

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. 459Bettylou#1,327#868
  2. 374Doloris#1,350#976
  3. 332Gaynell#1,283#951
  4. 313Toby#1,305#992
  5. 262Letty#1,213#951
Fallers
  1. 388Izola#966#1,354
  2. 305Fumiko#953#1,258
  3. 303Clemmie#941#1,244
  4. 276Cruz#793#1,069
  5. 271Eris#457#728

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

boys

1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 22,655 of them was named Dorris, which outranked 80.0% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dorris
  1. #984Layton51
  2. #984Lynwood51
  3. #984Tillman51
  4. #993Dorris50
  5. #993Alec50
  6. #993Art50
  7. #993Brice50
  8. #1,005Auther49
  9. #1,005Clell49
  10. #1,005Courtney49

Tied with 11 names at #993; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. 436Faustino#1,420#984
  2. 338Conway#1,275#937
  3. 310Coolidge#1,041#731
  4. 291Chas#1,235#944
  5. 287Leopoldo#1,194#907
Fallers
  1. 466Cliff#992#1,458
  2. 403Harding#860#1,263
  3. 367Dempsey#750#1,117
  4. 363Price#924#1,287
  5. 350Terrence#873#1,223

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

See the top 100 for 1924