Dorrance — boys' name

What the Data Says About Dorrance

The Social Security Administration has registered 284 babies named Dorrance between 1914 and 1983, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dorrance currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dorrance performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 98 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Dorrance shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Iowa, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dorrance in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dorrance 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 284 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.