Dorance — boys' name

What the Data Says About Dorance

The Social Security Administration has registered 177 babies named Dorance between 1913 and 1963, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dorance currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dorance performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 66 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Dorance shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Iowa, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dorance in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dorance in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 177 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.