Dorse

Boy · recorded 1913–1949

  • 1949last recorded
  • 1913best year

Most popular in 1913.

Last recorded in 1949. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Dorse.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

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 31 recorded years as a table
Dorse, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191316
19157
19168
191711
19185
19197
19216
19228
192312
19247
19269
192711
19289
192915
19307
193113
19328
19336
19348
19358
19367
19377
19388
19396
19405
19428
19434
19454
19464
19474
19493

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dorse 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 1949
5
Rank in 1949
#3,690
How rare
1 in 354,787 boys
Since 1913
254

Dorse was last recorded in 1949. 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 1913, at 16 per million boys born.

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

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