Girls' name · since 1920
Doraine
Since 1920, U.S. Social Security records show 237 babies named Doraine, peaking in 1963. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,112 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 237
- born since 1920
- 1960s
- peak decade
Doraine is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 237 have been recorded since 1920.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Doraine has been recorded 237 times among girls since 1920, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 1968.
- #18,112 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 237 born since 1920
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Doraine ranks #18,112 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 237 born since 1920, peaking in the 1960s.
- #18,112 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 237
- born since 1920
- 1960s
- peak decade
Doraine's 237 recorded births place it above 74.93% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Doraine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Doraine's full recorded timeline at 1946, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1923, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1963 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Doraine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–1968
- Peak year (1963)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Doraine by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (68 births, 29% of the file).
1960s was Doraine's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Doraine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
48 births
- 1930s
1930s
46 births
- 1940s
1940s
35 births
- 1950s
1950s
40 births
- 1960s
1960s
68 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 68 births (29% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Doraine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1963)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1920–1968 (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 Doraine 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.