Dorsie

Girl · recorded 1900–1964

  • 1964last recorded
  • 1909best year

Most popular in 1909.

Last recorded in 1964. 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 Dorsie.

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Its story

Popularity since 1900

0102019001916193219481964

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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 42 recorded years as a table
Dorsie, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190017
190418
190517
190815
190920
19147
19159
191611
191712
19189
191910
192013
192112
19227
192312
192413
192512
19269
19279
192810
192911
193012
193111
19326
193313
193410
19359
19378
19388
193912
19407
19416
19424
19435
19457
19473
19486
19504
19523
19562
19573
19643

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dorsie 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 1964
5
Rank in 1964
#6,767
How rare
1 in 378,970 girls
Since 1900
391

Dorsie was last recorded in 1964. 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 1909, at 20 per million girls born.

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

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