Dorissa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dorissa

The Social Security Administration has registered 64 babies named Dorissa between 1966 and 2003, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dorissa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dorissa performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Dorissa shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dorissa 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 64 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.