Is Dorris a boy or girl name?
Dorris was mostly a girl name in the US. Across 1880–2024, 81.5% of the 9,035 US babies named Dorris were girls. Fewer than 10 babies were given the name in 2024.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Dorris since 1888
- 9,035
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 354 babies
Boys and girls named Dorris, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 6 | 100% |
| 1890s | 11 | 84 | 88.4% |
| 1900s | 17 | 275 | 94.2% |
| 1910s | 280 | 1,196 | 81% |
| 1920s | 472 | 2,654 | 84.9% |
| 1930s | 425 | 1,511 | 78% |
| 1940s | 265 | 845 | 76.1% |
| 1950s | 123 | 494 | 80.1% |
| 1960s | 58 | 202 | 77.7% |
| 1970s | 24 | 53 | 68.8% |
| 1980s | 0 | 35 | 100% |
| 1990s | 0 | 5 | 100% |
| 2000s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2010s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2020s | 0 | 0 | – |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 5 | #13,578 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 6 | #11,227 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 5 | #12,341 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 5 | #11,817 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 6 | #9,453 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 8 | #7,589 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 5 | #10,818 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #6,113 | 6 | #8,736 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 8 | #6,670 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,443 | 7 | #7,098 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 9 | #5,594 |
| 1971 | 7 | #4,091 | 11 | #4,890 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,957 | 12 | #4,567 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 8 | #5,580 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 17 | #3,206 |
| 1967 | 5 | #4,120 | 10 | #4,384 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,316 | 17 | #3,076 |
| 1965 | 8 | #3,049 | 16 | #3,178 |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,210 | 17 | #3,149 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,742 | 28 | #2,266 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,117 | 28 | #2,274 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,443 | 25 | #2,422 |
| 1960 | 12 | #2,461 | 36 | #1,898 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,712 | 47 | #1,586 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,292 | 32 | #1,949 |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,409 | 42 | #1,659 |
| 1956 | 14 | #2,193 | 31 | #1,938 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,276 | 49 | #1,450 |
| 1954 | 11 | #2,497 | 48 | #1,448 |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,212 | 55 | #1,314 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,100 | 67 | #1,161 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,077 | 60 | #1,205 |
| 1950 | 19 | #1,712 | 63 | #1,163 |
| 1949 | 19 | #1,718 | 66 | #1,112 |
| 1948 | 24 | #1,500 | 88 | #926 |
| 1947 | 24 | #1,528 | 87 | #952 |
| 1946 | 32 | #1,242 | 87 | #893 |
| 1945 | 23 | #1,390 | 59 | #1,004 |
| 1944 | 21 | #1,495 | 81 | #846 |
| 1943 | 35 | #1,158 | 106 | #754 |
| 1942 | 33 | #1,218 | 82 | #845 |
| 1941 | 27 | #1,279 | 94 | #731 |
| 1940 | 27 | #1,292 | 95 | #715 |
| 1939 | 44 | #943 | 113 | #644 |
| 1938 | 42 | #982 | 122 | #615 |
| 1937 | 53 | #836 | 123 | #606 |
| 1936 | 38 | #1,033 | 118 | #605 |
| 1935 | 38 | #1,045 | 146 | #534 |
| 1934 | 43 | #977 | 153 | #523 |
| 1933 | 41 | #1,001 | 137 | #547 |
| 1932 | 43 | #1,010 | 183 | #490 |
| 1931 | 43 | #1,018 | 178 | #481 |
| 1930 | 40 | #1,093 | 238 | #435 |
| 1929 | 33 | #1,221 | 229 | #435 |
| 1928 | 38 | #1,149 | 234 | #445 |
| 1927 | 42 | #1,101 | 273 | #415 |
| 1926 | 54 | #919 | 297 | #398 |
| 1925 | 51 | #946 | 302 | #394 |
| 1924 | 50 | #997 | 304 | #392 |
| 1923 | 56 | #917 | 290 | #391 |
| 1922 | 58 | #915 | 249 | #419 |
| 1921 | 46 | #1,034 | 254 | #427 |
| 1920 | 44 | #1,052 | 222 | #453 |
| 1919 | 42 | #1,053 | 203 | #467 |
| 1918 | 42 | #1,041 | 164 | #549 |
| 1917 | 45 | #967 | 187 | #476 |
| 1916 | 37 | #1,061 | 159 | #520 |
| 1915 | 37 | #1,055 | 143 | #527 |
| 1914 | 25 | #1,164 | 101 | #558 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,082 | 77 | #582 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,145 | 55 | #674 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,812 | 58 | #559 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,231 | 49 | #594 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,184 | 44 | #583 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,437 | 24 | #796 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,393 | 30 | #695 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 31 | #651 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 28 | #668 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 23 | #732 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 17 | #840 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 36 | #539 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 23 | #668 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 19 | #866 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 15 | #849 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,168 | 16 | #851 |
| 1897 | 6 | #974 | 14 | #873 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 17 | #795 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 7 | #1,263 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 5 | #1,508 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 5 | #1,378 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 5 | #1,387 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 6 | #1,174 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Dorris reached #836 in 1937. As a girl name, it reached #391 in 1923. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Dorris
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.