Dorise — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dorise

The Social Security Administration has registered 461 babies named Dorise between 1919 and 1989, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dorise currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dorise performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Dorise shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dorise in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dorise 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 461 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.