Dorraine

Girl · recorded 1920–1974

  • 1974last recorded
  • 1963best year

Most popular in 1963.

Last recorded in 1974. 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 Dorraine.

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 1920

0101919201934194719611974

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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 34 recorded years as a table
Dorraine, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19204
19225
19237
19245
19256
19268
19278
19288
19294
19305
193110
19327
19339
19345
19355
19365
19416
19454
19572
19582
19603
196112
196217
196319
196415
196511
196611
19677
19684
19696
19703
19714
19733
19745

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dorraine 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 1974
7
Rank in 1974
#6,900
How rare
1 in 209,647 girls
Since 1920
354

Dorraine was last recorded in 1974. 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 1963, at 19 per million girls born.

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

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