Dorice — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dorice

The Social Security Administration has registered 707 babies named Dorice between 1898 and 1989, spanning 92 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dorice currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dorice performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 165 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Dorice shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Massachusetts and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Dorice in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dorice 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 707 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.