Doryce — girls' name
172 babies named Doryce in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
52% of everyone ever named Doryce was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Doryce in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Doryce
The Social Security Administration has registered 172 babies named Doryce between 1914 and 1960, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Doryce currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1960. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Doryce performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Doryce shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Doryce 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 172 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.
Doryce at a glance
Last recorded 1960Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Doryce popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–1914
- Peak year (1921)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1960.
172 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 12 births in a single year.
Doryce by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 89 births that decade — 52% of Doryce's all-time total
Doryce decade highlights
- Peak decade 89 births
- Runner-up 40 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Doryce's strongest decade
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1914–1960 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.