first name
DORINDA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,069 people named Dorinda, 73.8% reported their origin as White, 13.4% as Black and 6.8% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (100%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Dorinda peaked in 1957, when 202 babies got the name.
At least 4,801 babies have been given the name since 1892. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Dorinda by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,411. The largest share of babies named Dorinda, 53.9%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Dorinda is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Dorinda has been most common in New York (1.9×), Indiana (1.9×), and Texas (1.9×), and least common in Missouri (0.66×).
2,082 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.
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One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dorinda, most common first.
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