Dorr — boys' name

What the Data Says About Dorr

The Social Security Administration has registered 124 babies named Dorr between 1887 and 1947, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dorr currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1947. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dorr performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 57 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Dorr shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Dorr in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dorr 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 124 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.