Boys' name · since 1919
Dorus
Dorus has 24 recorded births since 1919 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1926 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,480 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 24
- born since 1919
- 1920s
- peak decade
Dorus sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 24 recorded since 1919.
Dorus has 24 recorded births among boys since 1919, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 1926.
- #27,480 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 24 born since 1919
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dorus ranks #27,480 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 24 born since 1919, peaking in the 1920s.
- #27,480 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 24
- born since 1919
- 1920s
- peak decade
Dorus's 24 recorded births place it above 39.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dorus's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dorus's SSA record in two at 1924 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1919, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1926 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dorus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–1926
- Peak year (1926)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Dorus by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (19 births, 79% of the file).
1920s was Dorus's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Dorus births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 19 births (79% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dorus: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~7 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1919–1926 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dorus draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.