Dorette — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dorette

The Social Security Administration has registered 273 babies named Dorette between 1923 and 1976, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dorette currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1976. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dorette performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 86 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Dorette shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dorette 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 273 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.