Dorita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dorita

The Social Security Administration has registered 689 babies named Dorita between 1919 and 1979, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dorita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 42 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dorita performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 262 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Dorita shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Dorita in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dorita 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 689 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.