Dorsey
Last seen for girls in 1994 at #11,778 · Last seen for boys in 2018 at #12,156
Given to boys 86.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1894 · 28 births
- Debut · boys
- 14 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,411since 1880
Dorsey over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | #10,717 | 6 | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | #8,864 | 8 | |
| 2011 | — | #12,287 | 5 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #10,994 | 6 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,763 | 12 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,094 | 11 | |
| 2006 | — | #9,585 | 7 | |
| 2005 | — | #11,472 | 5 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,520 | 11 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,271 | 14 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,395 | 13 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,935 | 9 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,316 | 10 | |
| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,840 | 10 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,642 | 10 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,187 | 11 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,928 | 9 | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #3,338 | 19 |
| 1991 | — | #5,096 | 10 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,779 | 15 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,094 | 19 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,255 | 27 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,731 | 12 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,268 | 14 | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #2,828 | 17 |
| 1984 | — | #3,107 | 14 | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #1,955 | 27 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #2,341 | 21 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #1,996 | 27 |
| 1980 | — | #2,162 | 24 | |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #2,310 | 21 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #2,669 | 16 |
| 1977 | — | #1,823 | 28 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #2,054 | 23 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #2,134 | 21 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #1,832 | 25 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #1,612 | 29 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #1,603 | 29 |
| 1971 | — | #1,378 | 38 | |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 | #1,416 | 35 |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 | #1,605 | 26 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | #1,455 | 29 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #1,652 | 22 |
| 1966 | — | #1,090 | 46 | |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 | #1,144 | 43 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | #1,236 | 39 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | #1,165 | 44 |
| 1962 | #3,438 | 14 | #1,187 | 43 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 | #1,156 | 46 |
| 1960 | #2,820 | 19 | #981 | 60 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 | #1,247 | 39 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | #1,001 | 58 |
| 1957 | #3,033 | 15 | #1,214 | 41 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | #946 | 62 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | #942 | 63 |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 | #819 | 78 |
| 1953 | #2,595 | 17 | #920 | 61 |
| 1952 | #2,411 | 19 | #883 | 63 |
| 1951 | #2,694 | 15 | #775 | 82 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | #904 | 57 |
| 1949 | #2,620 | 15 | #856 | 64 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 | #795 | 73 |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 | #737 | 87 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | #806 | 68 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | #753 | 66 |
| 1944 | #2,096 | 17 | #730 | 72 |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 | #746 | 75 |
| 1942 | #2,046 | 18 | #705 | 82 |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 | #694 | 78 |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | #646 | 86 |
| 1939 | #2,206 | 14 | #770 | 62 |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | #672 | 80 |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 | #757 | 65 |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 | #729 | 68 |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #710 | 73 |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 | #673 | 81 |
| 1933 | #2,161 | 14 | #733 | 69 |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 | #622 | 91 |
| 1931 | #1,502 | 25 | #659 | 82 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | #654 | 89 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | #633 | 93 |
| 1928 | #2,284 | 15 | #690 | 84 |
| 1927 | #2,026 | 19 | #677 | 90 |
| 1926 | #2,474 | 14 | #749 | 73 |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 | #682 | 88 |
| 1924 | #1,992 | 20 | #677 | 92 |
| 1923 | #2,091 | 18 | #650 | 98 |
| 1922 | #1,785 | 23 | #678 | 91 |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 | #642 | 100 |
| 1920 | #2,899 | 11 | #574 | 118 |
| 1919 | #2,384 | 14 | #603 | 100 |
| 1918 | #2,029 | 18 | #592 | 106 |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 | #561 | 110 |
| 1916 | #2,028 | 16 | #441 | 160 |
| 1915 | #2,255 | 13 | #587 | 94 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | #616 | 67 |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 | #629 | 50 |
| 1912 | — | #561 | 51 | |
| 1911 | — | #707 | 20 | |
| 1910 | — | #782 | 15 | |
| 1909 | — | #590 | 20 | |
| 1908 | — | #513 | 24 | |
| 1907 | — | #511 | 21 | |
| 1906 | — | #523 | 19 | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | #592 | 16 |
| 1904 | — | #466 | 21 | |
| 1903 | — | #527 | 17 | |
| 1902 | — | #687 | 11 | |
| 1901 | — | #637 | 11 | |
| 1900 | — | #455 | 25 | |
| 1899 | — | #583 | 12 | |
| 1898 | — | #452 | 20 | |
| 1897 | — | #584 | 13 | |
| 1896 | — | #438 | 20 | |
| 1895 | — | #501 | 16 | |
| 1894 | — | #336 | 28 | |
| 1893 | — | #479 | 15 | |
| 1892 | — | #688 | 10 | |
| 1891 | — | #476 | 14 | |
| 1890 | — | #434 | 17 | |
| 1889 | — | #351 | 25 | |
| 1888 | — | #464 | 17 | |
| 1887 | — | #544 | 11 | |
| 1886 | — | #540 | 12 | |
| 1885 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1884 | — | #488 | 15 | |
| 1883 | — | #460 | 15 | |
| 1882 | — | #514 | 13 | |
| 1881 | — | #595 | 9 | |
| 1880 | — | #482 | 14 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Dorsey was already there! It came in at #482, and was given to 14 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2010–2011, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Dorsey is popular in 1925
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- West Virginia#198 · 1 in 1,355
- Missouri#292 · 1 in 3,295
- Virginia#321 · 1 in 3,329
- Kentucky#382 · 1 in 3,701
- Georgia#458 · 1 in 5,671
Best ever in a state: #89 in Georgia, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #198 | 13 | 1 in 1,355 |
| Missouri | #292 | 9 | 1 in 3,295 |
| Virginia | #321 | 7 | 1 in 3,329 |
| Kentucky | #382 | 7 | 1 in 3,701 |
| Georgia | #458 | 5 | 1 in 5,671 |
| Ohio | #472 | 5 | 1 in 10,614 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
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| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Dorsey
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
- Biggest jump: 266 spots in 1960 (#1,247 → #981)
- Biggest drop: 268 spots in 1957 (#946 → #1,214)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1894 at #336 (28 births)
- Births halved by 1897, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 78 yrs · run 1880–1956
- Highest: 1 in 4,135 boys born in 1894 were named Dorsey (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 363,232 boys born in 2018 (0.00%)
- 17.1% of all boys named Dorsey (927) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1994, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 139 | #351 (1889) | #514 |
| 1890s | 165 | #336 (1894) | #497 |
| 1900s | 185 | #455 (1900) | #550 |
| 1910s | 773 | #441 (1916) | #608 |
| 1920s | 927 | #574 (1920) | #665 |
| 1930s | 760 | #622 (1932) | #698 |
| 1940s | 751 | #646 (1940) | #747 |
| 1950s | 604 | #775 (1951) | #965 |
| 1960s | 398 | #981 (1960) | #1,267 |
| 1970s | 265 | #1,378 (1971) | #1,883 |
| 1980s | 202 | #1,955 (1983) | #2,674 |
| 1990s | 109 | #3,338 (1992) | #5,672 |
| 2000s | 98 | #5,271 (2003) | #7,635 |
| 2010s | 35 | #8,864 (2012) | #11,164 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Dorsey in 1925
Top girls' names in 1925
Top boys' names in 1925
More about 1925
girls
1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 93,645 of them was named Dorsey, which outranked 54.7% of the 5,771 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,489Winfred14
- #2,489Zara14
- #2,489Zoila14
- #2,617Dorsey13
- #2,617Adair13
- #2,617Aldean13
- #2,617Alise13
- #2,778Allice12
- #2,778Almeter12
- #2,778Altie12
Tied with 160 names at #2,617; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,115,919 boys got a published name in 1925; 1 in 12,681 of them was named Dorsey, which outranked 86.0% of the 4,867 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).