Dorella

Popularity Trends

The name Dorella is the #7,659 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 80 recorded births since 1918. This represents the 1.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,636 (1.4% percentile) for all time with 80 births since 1918.

Dorella first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1918 (first recorded for girls in 1918). Birth data for Dorella is available in 13 out of the 43 years between 1918 and 1960. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Dorella reached its peak popularity in 1952, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #687) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1934, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1960.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dorella".

1918 1960 19181960

Key Statistics

Total Births

Peak Births

Peak Year

1952

First Recorded

1918

Peak Percentile

0.4%

Current Percentile

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Peak Rank

#687

Current Rank

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Female statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Dorella", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Dorella.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Dorella's popularity from 1915 to 1963 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Dorella at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Dorella range from Aruther at 58.0% correlation to Merdis at 54.6% correlation, with an average correlation level of 56.3%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Dotty with 1.7K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Aruther with 33 births (100% boys).

Dorella's share of births peaked at 6.5 births per million for girls in 1952. It reached its lowest point of 3.3 births per million (51% of peak) in 1947. In 1960, the most recent period with data, the name Dorella had 3.8 births per million, 59% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Aruther

57.95% (moderate)

Berdia

155

57.79% (moderate)

Rolene

354

57.70% (moderate)

Marveen

57.26% (moderate)

Gearlene

56.89% (moderate)

Shirleyann

576

56.66% (moderate)

Dotty

1,679

55.71% (moderate)

Marylan

55.63% (moderate)

Rogene

811

55.60% (moderate)

Donis

712

55.42% (moderate)

Gelene

136

54.89% (moderate)

Merdis

220

54.59% (moderate)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Dorella

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Dorella. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 81.8% confident that Dorella is pronounced as daw-REH-luh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is doh-REH-luh, at 18.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.

daw-REH-luh

81.8%

doh-REH-luh

18.2%

daw-REH-luh (3 syllables)

81.8% confidence

D AO0 R EH1 L AH0

doh-REH-luh (3 syllables)

18.2% confidence

D OW0 R EH1 L AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like D AO0 R EH1 L AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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