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.
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 1931
Top girls' names in 1931
Top boys' names in 1931
More about 1931
girls
1,064,728 girls got a published name in 1931; 1 in 42,589 of them was named Dorsey, which outranked 69.8% of the 4,979 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,459Waunita26
- #1,459Zena26
- #1,459Zenobia26
- #1,502Dorsey25
- #1,502Afton25
- #1,502Allen25
- #1,502Alvin25
- #1,549Adaline24
- #1,549Almira24
- #1,549Annalee24
Tied with 46 names at #1,502; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,039,665 boys got a published name in 1931; 1 in 12,679 of them was named Dorsey, which outranked 84.7% of the 4,321 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).