Dorenda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dorenda

The Social Security Administration has registered 483 babies named Dorenda between 1944 and 1989, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dorenda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dorenda performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 170 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Dorenda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dorenda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dorenda 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 483 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.