Girls' name · since 1944
Dorenda
483 babies named Dorenda in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,113 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 483
- born since 1944
- 1950s
- peak decade
483 girls have been named Dorenda since 1944, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Dorenda has 483 recorded births among girls since 1944, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 1989.
- #12,113 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 483 born since 1944
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dorenda ranks #12,113 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 483 born since 1944, peaking in the 1950s.
- #12,113 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 483
- born since 1944
- 1950s
- peak decade
Dorenda's 483 recorded births place it above 83.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Dorenda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dorenda's full recorded timeline at 1965, 41% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 59% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1945, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1958 peak of 24 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dorenda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–1989
- Peak year (1958)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Dorenda by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (170 births, 35% of the file).
1950s was Dorenda's strongest decade.
170 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Dorenda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 33
1940s
33 births
- 1950s
1950s
170 births
- 1960s
1960s
161 births
- 1970s
1970s
91 births
- 1980s 28
1980s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 170 births (35% of all-time use).
Dorenda by state
Where Dorenda concentrates geographically, total births since 1944
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 10 | 2.1% |
10 of 483 births nationwide.
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What to do with Dorenda's data
- Dorenda's decade-level peak was the 1950s (170 total births); usage has since declined to 28 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Dorendas (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
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 Dorenda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1958)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1944–1989 (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 Dorenda 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.