Dorleen — girls' name
151 babies named Dorleen in U.S. Social Security records since 1926, with the highest year being 1943. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
28% of everyone ever named Dorleen was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Dorleen in 1943 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dorleen
The Social Security Administration has registered 151 babies named Dorleen between 1926 and 1964, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dorleen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1964. The name reached its historical peak in 1943, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dorleen performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 42 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Dorleen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dorleen 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 151 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.
Dorleen at a glance
Last recorded 1964Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dorleen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–1926
- Peak year (1943)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1964.
151 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1943 with 12 births in a single year.
Dorleen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 42 births that decade — 28% of Dorleen's all-time total
Dorleen decade highlights
- Peak decade 42 births
- Runner-up 41 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Dorleen's strongest decade
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1926–1964 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.