Dorsey
Dorsey was last recorded in 2018, when 5 babies were given it; 6,228 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2018 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,160 Americans named Dorsey and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (35% of everyone recorded); the median is 65 years old and half are between 50 and 76.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Dorsey by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Dorsey?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #12,666, in 2018; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
176 babies in 1916, the peak
Dorsey peaked in 1916, when 176 babies were given it (160 boys, #441 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | under 5 | 5 | #12,666 | |
| 2017 | under 5 | 6 | #11,120 | |
| 2016 | under 5 | 5 | #12,712 | |
| 2014 | under 5 | 6 | #11,084 | |
| 2012 | under 5 | 8 | #9,072 | |
| 2011 | under 5 | 5 | #12,788 | |
| 2009 | under 5 | 6 | #11,378 | |
| 2008 | under 5 | 12 | #6,858 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 11 | #7,222 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 7 | #9,842 |
Every recorded year (136)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | under 5 | 5 | #11,928 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 11 | #6,656 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 14 | #5,340 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 13 | #5,482 | |
| 2001 | under 5 | 9 | #7,066 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 10 | #6,437 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 5 | #10,353 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 10 | #5,938 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 10 | #5,758 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 11 | #5,277 | |
| 1995 | under 5 | 9 | #6,046 | |
| 1994 | 6 | #12,214 | 6 | #8,048 |
| 1993 | 5 | #14,110 | 14 | #4,288 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,808 | 19 | #3,363 |
| 1991 | under 5 | 10 | #5,202 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 15 | #3,827 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 19 | #3,117 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 27 | #2,261 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 12 | #3,788 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 14 | #3,304 | |
| 1985 | 5 | #11,120 | 17 | #2,859 |
| 1984 | under 5 | 14 | #3,140 | |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,342 | 27 | #1,972 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,934 | 21 | #2,356 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,353 | 27 | #2,007 |
| 1980 | under 5 | 24 | #2,175 | |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,857 | 21 | #2,328 |
| 1978 | 5 | #10,179 | 16 | #2,704 |
| 1977 | under 5 | 28 | #1,835 | |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,691 | 23 | #2,065 |
| 1975 | 6 | #8,267 | 21 | #2,148 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,956 | 25 | #1,844 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,685 | 29 | #1,619 |
| 1972 | 8 | #6,098 | 29 | #1,612 |
| 1971 | under 5 | 38 | #1,385 | |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,567 | 35 | #1,423 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,501 | 26 | #1,615 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,273 | 29 | #1,462 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,620 | 22 | #1,673 |
| 1966 | under 5 | 46 | #1,094 | |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,794 | 43 | #1,148 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,128 | 39 | #1,241 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,082 | 44 | #1,166 |
| 1962 | 14 | #3,470 | 43 | #1,190 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,330 | 46 | #1,159 |
| 1960 | 19 | #2,838 | 60 | #986 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,096 | 39 | #1,250 |
| 1958 | 10 | #4,009 | 58 | #1,001 |
| 1957 | 15 | #3,066 | 41 | #1,221 |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,962 | 62 | #946 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,856 | 63 | #943 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,369 | 78 | #820 |
| 1953 | 17 | #2,618 | 61 | #919 |
| 1952 | 19 | #2,427 | 63 | #887 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,721 | 82 | #775 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,493 | 57 | #906 |
| 1949 | 15 | #2,650 | 64 | #857 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,192 | 73 | #794 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,303 | 87 | #738 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,750 | 68 | #807 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,456 | 66 | #755 |
| 1944 | 17 | #2,119 | 72 | #732 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,589 | 75 | #748 |
| 1942 | 18 | #2,062 | 82 | #708 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,714 | 78 | #696 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,287 | 86 | #647 |
| 1939 | 14 | #2,228 | 62 | #771 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,257 | 80 | #674 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,350 | 65 | #759 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,412 | 68 | #731 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,870 | 73 | #713 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,324 | 81 | #675 |
| 1933 | 14 | #2,191 | 69 | #735 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,869 | 91 | #623 |
| 1931 | 25 | #1,516 | 82 | #659 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,751 | 89 | #657 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,980 | 93 | #635 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,309 | 84 | #690 |
| 1927 | 19 | #2,041 | 90 | #677 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,499 | 73 | #749 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,652 | 88 | #685 |
| 1924 | 20 | #2,013 | 92 | #679 |
| 1923 | 18 | #2,108 | 98 | #651 |
| 1922 | 23 | #1,802 | 91 | #682 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,408 | 100 | #642 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,961 | 118 | #574 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,413 | 100 | #604 |
| 1918 | 18 | #2,049 | 106 | #594 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,155 | 110 | #562 |
| 1916 | 16 | #2,052 | 160 | #441 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,288 | 94 | #588 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,708 | 67 | #619 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,923 | 50 | #631 |
| 1912 | under 5 | 51 | #563 | |
| 1911 | under 5 | 20 | #715 | |
| 1910 | under 5 | 15 | #790 | |
| 1909 | under 5 | 20 | #597 | |
| 1908 | under 5 | 24 | #516 | |
| 1907 | under 5 | 21 | #518 | |
| 1906 | under 5 | 19 | #525 | |
| 1905 | 5 | #2,013 | 16 | #598 |
| 1904 | under 5 | 21 | #470 | |
| 1903 | under 5 | 17 | #530 | |
| 1902 | under 5 | 11 | #698 | |
| 1901 | under 5 | 11 | #649 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 25 | #458 | |
| 1899 | under 5 | 12 | #588 | |
| 1898 | under 5 | 20 | #455 | |
| 1897 | under 5 | 13 | #587 | |
| 1896 | under 5 | 20 | #444 | |
| 1895 | under 5 | 16 | #509 | |
| 1894 | under 5 | 28 | #341 | |
| 1893 | under 5 | 15 | #484 | |
| 1892 | under 5 | 10 | #699 | |
| 1891 | under 5 | 14 | #481 | |
| 1890 | under 5 | 17 | #441 | |
| 1889 | under 5 | 25 | #352 | |
| 1888 | under 5 | 17 | #469 | |
| 1887 | under 5 | 11 | #556 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 12 | #550 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 8 | #719 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 15 | #492 | |
| 1883 | under 5 | 15 | #463 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 13 | #522 | |
| 1881 | under 5 | 9 | #614 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 14 | #489 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Dorsey a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 6,228 Americans recorded as Dorsey, 13% are girls and 87% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Dorsey: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Dorsey, and how old are they?
2,160 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 35% of the 6,228 Americans ever recorded as Dorsey. The median Dorsey alive today is 65 years old; half are between 50 and 76.
The 2020 Census counted 2,339 people named Dorsey (516 women and girls, 1,823 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,589 born in the U.S. The Census count is 10% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 324 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 902 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 489 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 288 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 134 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 22 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Dorsey born?
The states with the most babies named Dorsey are Georgia, West Virginia and Virginia, with 49% of its births recorded by state since 1910; West Virginia and Virginia are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 465 | not ranked | 2.8× |
| West Virginia | 390 | not ranked | 4.6× |
| Virginia | 168 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Missouri | 163 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| North Carolina | 149 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 119 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Kentucky | 103 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Texas | 91 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Alabama | 82 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Tennessee | 66 | not ranked | 0.5× |
Where Dorsey is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Dorsey is most over-represented in West Virginia: since 1910 it was given 4.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Dorsey with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 6,482 babies since 1880, Dorsey is the most given (96% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
More about Dorsey and names like it
- Compare Dorsey and DorseBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sDorsey peaked in 1916.
- Georgia’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Dorsey since 1910.
- The top names of 1916The year the most babies were named Dorsey.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Dorsey alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with DMost given first.