Girls' name · since 1914
Dorys
Dorys has 51 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1920 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #34,765 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 51
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Dorys is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 51 have been recorded since 1914.
Social Security Administration records show Dorys recorded 51 times among girls since 1914, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1925.
- #34,765 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 51 born since 1914
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dorys ranks #34,765 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 51 born since 1914, peaking in the 1920s.
- #34,765 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 51
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Dorys's 51 recorded births place it above 51.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dorys's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dorys splits its recorded history at 1920: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1925 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1920 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dorys popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1925
- Peak year (1920)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Dorys by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (29 births, 57% of the file).
1920s was Dorys's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Dorys births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
22 births
- 1920s
1920s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 29 births (57% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dorys: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~11 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, 1914–1925 (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 Dorys 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.