Dorse — boys' name

What the Data Says About Dorse

The Social Security Administration has registered 254 babies named Dorse between 1913 and 1949, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dorse currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1949. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dorse performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Dorse shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by West Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Dorse in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dorse 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 254 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.