Dorella — girls' name
80 babies named Dorella in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1952. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Dorella was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Dorella in 1952 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dorella
The Social Security Administration has registered 80 babies named Dorella between 1918 and 1960, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dorella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1960. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dorella performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Dorella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dorella 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 80 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.
Dorella at a glance
Last recorded 1960Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dorella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–1918
- Peak year (1952)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1960.
80 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1952 with 8 births in a single year.
Dorella by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 30 births that decade — 38% of Dorella's all-time total
Dorella decade highlights
- Peak decade 30 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Dorella's strongest decade
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1918–1960 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.