Girls' name · since 1929
Dorline
Since 1929, U.S. Social Security records show 19 babies named Dorline, peaking in 1931. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #46,407 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 19
- born since 1929
- 1930s
- peak decade
Dorline sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 19 recorded since 1929.
Dorline has 19 recorded births among girls since 1929, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1929 to 1931.
- #46,407 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 19 born since 1929
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dorline ranks #46,407 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 19 born since 1929, peaking in the 1930s.
- #46,407 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 19
- born since 1929
- 1930s
- peak decade
Dorline's 19 recorded births place it above 35.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dorline's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dorline's SSA record in two at 1930 and the more recent half accounts for 74% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 26%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1929, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1931 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dorline popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1929–1931
- Peak year (1931)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Dorline by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (14 births, 74% of the file).
1930s was Dorline's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Dorline births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 14 births (74% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dorline: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1929–1931 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dorline draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.