Dorraine — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dorraine

The Social Security Administration has registered 354 babies named Dorraine between 1920 and 1974, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dorraine currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1974. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 37 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dorraine performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 196 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Dorraine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Dorraine in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dorraine 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 354 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.