Girls' name · since 1915
Doree
528 babies named Doree in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,447 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 528
- born since 1915
- 1960s
- peak decade
Doree sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 528 recorded since 1915.
Doree has 528 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1992.
- #11,447 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 528 born since 1915
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Doree ranks #11,447 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 528 born since 1915, peaking in the 1960s.
- #11,447 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 528
- born since 1915
- 1960s
- peak decade
Doree's 528 recorded births place it above 84.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
Doree's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Doree's SSA record in two at 1961 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1915, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1961 peak of 30, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Doree popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1992
- Peak year (1961)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 78 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1992.
528 total births across 78 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1961 with 30 births in a single year.
Doree by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (163 births, 31% of the file).
1960s was Doree's strongest decade.
163 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Doree births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 11
1910s
11 births
- 1920s 9
1920s
9 births
- 1930s 27
1930s
27 births
- 1940s 51
1940s
51 births
- 1950s
1950s
135 births
- 1960s
1960s
163 births
- 1970s
1970s
86 births
- 1980s 35
1980s
35 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 163 births (31% of all-time use).
Doree decade highlights
- Peak decade 163 births
- Runner-up 135 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
How Doree compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Doree's total volume
Doree by state
Where Doree concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 23 | 4.4% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #3 | New York | | 5 | 0.9% |
23 of 528 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 4.4% of nationwide
- New Jersey 0.9% of nationwide
- New York 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.4% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Doree's data
- Doree's decade-level peak was the 1960s (163 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Dorees (23 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Doree: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1961)
Similar record span (~77 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, 1915–1992 (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 Doree 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.
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