How rare is the name Dorene?

5,555 people in the United States have the first name Dorene, about 1 in 54,371. It ranks #3,664 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

DORENE

#3,664

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,555
About
1 in 54,371
This common or more
82.8%
Who bears it

Of the 5,555 people named Dorene, 79.9% reported their origin as White, 10.1% as Black and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Dorene peaked in 1958, when 296 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19092007
Peak year
1958
Births that year
296
In 2007
5 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 7,925 babies have been given the name since 1909. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Dorene by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,118. The largest share of babies named Dorene, 49.1%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1900s#4,9315
1910s#2,835182
1920s#1,837564
1930s#1,2011,050
1940s#1,2221,287
1950s#1,1182,152
1960s#1,2831,888
1970s#2,633602
1980s#9,319112
1990s#15,87371
2000s#38,38612
Greatest Generation 1901–277.6%
Silent Generation 1928–4523.6%
Baby boom 1946–6449.1%
Generation X 1965–8017.4%
Millennials 1981–961.8%
Generation Z 1997–120.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Dorene is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Dorene has been most common in Michigan (2.6×), Minnesota (2.5×), and Wisconsin (2.1×), and least common in Texas (0.19×).

4,727 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Dorene

1 other first name also has 5,555 people.

#3,664 Chet · 5,555

Either side of Dorene

#3,663 Lorelai · 5,565#3,664 Chet · 5,555#3,666 Chiara · 5,552#3,667 Kenyatta · 5,551

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dorene, most common first.

#8,002 Dorine · 1,841#19,629 Dorena · 536#20,827 Doren · 493#31,246 Doreene · 275#49,014 Dorrene · 128

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