Dorette

Girl · recorded 1923–1976

  • 1976last recorded
  • 1971best year

Most popular in 1971.

Last recorded in 1976. Fewer than five girls 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 Dorette.

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Its story

Popularity since 1923

04819231936195019631976

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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 36 recorded years as a table
Dorette, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19235
19254
19304
19315
19336
19348
19424
19437
19444
19464
19473
19503
19513
19526
19533
19547
19553
19566
19574
19585
19594
19603
19616
19626
19634
19645
19655
19674
19683
19695
19706
19718
19723
19734
19753
19763

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dorette 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

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1976
5
Rank in 1976
#9,284
How rare
1 in 293,019 girls
Since 1923
273

Dorette was last recorded in 1976. 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 1971, at 8 per million girls born.

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

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