Boys' name · since 1919
Dorvin
Dorvin has 43 recorded births since 1919 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1919 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,169 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 43
- born since 1919
- 1930s
- peak decade
43 boys have been named Dorvin since 1919, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Dorvin has 43 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 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 1937.
- #23,169 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 43 born since 1919
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dorvin ranks #23,169 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 43 born since 1919, peaking in the 1930s.
- #23,169 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 43
- born since 1919
- 1930s
- peak decade
Dorvin's 43 recorded births place it above 48.79% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dorvin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dorvin splits its recorded history at 1933: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1935 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1919 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dorvin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–1937
- Peak year (1919)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Dorvin by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (22 births, 51% of the file).
1930s was Dorvin's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Dorvin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
9 births
- 1920s
1920s
12 births
- 1930s
1930s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 22 births (51% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dorvin: 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 (~18 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, 1919–1937 (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 Dorvin 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.