Boys' name · since 1970
Dorell
136 babies named Dorell in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,401 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 136
- born since 1970
- 1980s
- peak decade
Dorell is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 136 have been recorded since 1970.
Dorell has 136 recorded births among boys since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2008.
- #15,401 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 136 born since 1970
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dorell ranks #15,401 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 136 born since 1970, peaking in the 1980s.
- #15,401 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 136
- born since 1970
- 1980s
- peak decade
Dorell's 136 recorded births place it above 66.04% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dorell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dorell's full recorded timeline at 1987, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1975, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1985 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dorell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2008
- Peak year (1985)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Dorell by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (52 births, 38% of the file).
1980s was Dorell's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Dorell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
40 births
- 1980s
1980s
52 births
- 1990s
1990s
24 births
- 2000s 20
2000s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 52 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Dorell's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (52 total births) through the 2000s (20) -- 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 Dorell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1970–2008 (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 Dorell 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.