Dorinda

Girl · recorded 1892–2015

  • 2015last recorded
  • 1944best year

Most popular in 1944.

Last recorded in 2015. 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 Dorinda.

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 1892

05611118921923195419842015

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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 96 recorded years as a table
Dorinda, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189228
191211
19138
19156
19168
19175
19186
19196
192011
19219
19227
19234
19245
19268
19278
192810
19299
19306
193112
19328
193312
19347
193514
193619
19376
193814
193919
194018
194115
194218
194316
1944111
194562
194646
194751
194861
194948
195052
195136
195265
195368
195466
195569
195698
195799
195886
195982
196083
196172
196299
196393
196479
196573
196673
196775
196877
196970
197065
197157
197243
197342
197450
197532
197642
197729
197825
197926
198019
198115
198214
198316
198414
198512
198611
19879
19885
19898
19908
19916
19929
19936
19948
19956
19965
19975
19983
20004
20015
20024
20033
20064
20074
20093
20113
20123
20154

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dorinda 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 2015
8
Rank in 2015
#11,835
How rare
1 in 223,137 girls
Since 1892
4,801

Dorinda was last recorded in 2015. 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 1944, at 111 per million girls born.

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

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