Girls' name · since 1918
Dorella
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.
- #29,591 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 80
- born since 1918
- 1940s
- peak decade
80 girls have been named Dorella since 1918, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Dorella has 80 recorded births among girls since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 1960.
- #29,591 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 80 born since 1918
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dorella ranks #29,591 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 80 born since 1918, peaking in the 1940s.
- #29,591 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 80
- born since 1918
- 1940s
- peak decade
Dorella's 80 recorded births place it above 58.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dorella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dorella splits its recorded history at 1940: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1918 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1952 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dorella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–1960
- Peak year (1952)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Dorella by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (30 births, 38% of the file).
1940s was Dorella's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Dorella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
24 births
- 1940s
1940s
30 births
- 1950s 8
1950s
8 births
- 1960s 8
1960s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 30 births (38% of all-time use).
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What to do with Dorella's data
- Dorella's decade-level peak was the 1940s (30 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dorella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1952)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1918–1960 (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 Dorella 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.