# Dorris (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dorris/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 9,035 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,675 / 7,360 (81% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 17 | 3,206 |
| 1969 | 8 | 5,580 |
| 1970 | 12 | 4,567 |
| 1971 | 11 | 4,890 |
| 1972 | 9 | 5,597 |
| 1974 | 7 | 7,098 |
| 1975 | 8 | 6,668 |
| 1977 | 6 | 8,737 |
| 1980 | 5 | 10,816 |
| 1981 | 8 | 7,589 |
| 1984 | 6 | 9,453 |
| 1987 | 5 | 11,818 |
| 1988 | 5 | 12,342 |
| 1989 | 6 | 11,228 |
| 1990 | 5 | 13,577 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 12 | 2,408 |
| 1958 | 13 | 2,293 |
| 1959 | 6 | 3,712 |
| 1960 | 12 | 2,461 |
| 1961 | 7 | 3,443 |
| 1962 | 8 | 3,117 |
| 1963 | 6 | 3,743 |
| 1964 | 5 | 4,211 |
| 1965 | 8 | 3,049 |
| 1966 | 7 | 3,316 |
| 1967 | 5 | 4,117 |
| 1970 | 7 | 3,956 |
| 1971 | 7 | 4,092 |
| 1974 | 5 | 5,443 |
| 1977 | 5 | 6,115 |

## People named Dorris

- Dorris Bowdon, American actress (1914-2005)

## 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.