Dorinda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dorinda

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,801 babies named Dorinda between 1892 and 2015, spanning 124 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dorinda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 202 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dorinda performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 1,459 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Dorinda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 369 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Dorinda in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dorinda 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 4,801 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.