# Dorinda (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dorinda/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /dɔːˈɹɪn.də/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,801 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 4,801 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

An 18th-century coinage from Dora or Dorothy, + -inda.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 15 | 6,076 |
| 1995 | 10 | 8,265 |
| 1996 | 9 | 9,015 |
| 1997 | 8 | 10,054 |
| 1998 | 5 | 14,827 |
| 2000 | 8 | 11,023 |
| 2001 | 9 | 10,345 |
| 2002 | 8 | 11,425 |
| 2003 | 6 | 14,383 |
| 2006 | 7 | 13,994 |
| 2007 | 7 | 14,331 |
| 2009 | 5 | 18,072 |
| 2011 | 6 | 15,370 |
| 2012 | 5 | 17,605 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12,148 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.