Dorance

Boy · recorded 1913–1963

  • 1963last recorded
  • 1916best year

Most popular in 1916.

Last recorded in 1963. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1913

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 24 recorded years as a table
Dorance, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191310
19159
191615
19189
19197
19206
19215
19227
19235
19259
19265
19279
19287
19298
19309
19316
19328
19335
19386
19466
19473
19514
19573
19632

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dorance isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1963
5
Rank in 1963
#4,048
How rare
1 in 406,215 boys
Since 1913
177

Dorance was last recorded in 1963. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1916, at 15 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Dorance doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.