Dorena

Girl · recorded 1913–1997

  • 1997last recorded
  • 1966best year

Most popular in 1966.

Last recorded in 1997. Fewer than five girls 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

091819131934195519761997

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 65 recorded years as a table
Dorena, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19138
19156
19166
19196
19208
19216
19226
19234
19244
19265
19284
19307
19327
19337
19355
19366
193813
19395
19407
19417
19425
19439
19448
19456
19467
19473
19485
19495
19505
19515
19524
19534
19549
19554
19567
195711
19587
19596
19605
196110
19629
19639
196414
196512
196618
196713
19689
19699
197013
19719
19725
197311
19748
19758
197611
19779
19795
19804
19815
19846
19873
19893
19914
19933
19973

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dorena 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 1997
5
Rank in 1997
#13,724
How rare
1 in 348,142 girls
Since 1913
703

Dorena was last recorded in 1997. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1966, at 18 per million girls born.

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

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