Girls' name · since 1948
Doranna
28 babies named Doranna in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 1948. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #41,693 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 1948
- 1940s
- peak decade
28 girls have been named Doranna since 1948, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Doranna has been recorded 28 times among girls since 1948, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1948 to 1973.
- #41,693 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 28 born since 1948
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Doranna ranks #41,693 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 28 born since 1948, peaking in the 1940s.
- #41,693 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 1948
- 1940s
- peak decade
Doranna's 28 recorded births place it above 41.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Doranna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Doranna's SSA record in two at 1955 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1955, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1948 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Doranna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–1973
- Peak year (1948)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Doranna by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (12 births, 43% of the file).
1940s was Doranna's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Doranna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
12 births
- 1950s
1950s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 12 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Doranna's usage has stayed within range of its 1940s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 1970s (11) -- 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 Doranna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1948)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1948–1973 (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 Doranna 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.