Dorris · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Dorris.

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Its story

Popularity since 1897

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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 67 recorded years as a table

Dorris, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1897	53
1898	41
1907	34
1908	32
1909	43
1910	41
1911	22
1912	40
1913	43
1914	38
1915	44
1916	42
1917	49
1918	41
1919	43
1920	41
1921	42
1922	53
1923	51
1924	44
1925	46
1926	49
1927	37
1928	34
1929	31
1930	36
1931	41
1932	41
1933	41
1934	42
1935	36
1936	37
1937	50
1938	38
1939	40
1940	23
1941	22
1942	24
1943	25
1944	15
1945	17
1946	20
1947	13
1948	14
1949	11
1950	11
1951	7
1952	7
1953	7
1954	5
1955	3
1956	7
1957	6
1958	6
1959	3
1960	6
1961	3
1962	4
1963	3
1964	3
1965	4
1966	4
1967	3
1970	4
1971	4
1974	3
1977	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dorris 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.

More like it

More like Dorris

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1977: 5
Rank in 1977: #5,845
How rare: 1 in 328,644 boys
Since 1897: 1,675

Dorris was last recorded in 1977. 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 1922, at 53 per million boys born.

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

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