Girls' name · since 1921
Dolphine
26 babies named Dolphine in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #42,641 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 26
- born since 1921
- 1930s
- peak decade
Dolphine sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 26 recorded since 1921.
Dolphine has 26 recorded births among girls since 1921, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1921 to 1962.
- #42,641 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 26 born since 1921
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dolphine ranks #42,641 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 26 born since 1921, peaking in the 1930s.
- #42,641 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 26
- born since 1921
- 1930s
- peak decade
Dolphine's 26 recorded births place it above 40.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dolphine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dolphine's SSA record in two at 1935 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1933, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1921 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dolphine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–1962
- Peak year (1921)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Dolphine by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (10 births, 38% of the file).
1930s was Dolphine's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Dolphine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
6 births
- 1930s
1930s
10 births
- 1940s
1940s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 10 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Dolphine's usage has stayed within range of its 1930s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 1960s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dolphine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~41 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1921–1962 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dolphine draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.