Dorisa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dorisa

The Social Security Administration has registered 49 babies named Dorisa between 1957 and 1994, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dorisa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dorisa performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Dorisa shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dorisa 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 49 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.