girls:
7.4k births since 1888
#1897 (67th percentile)
boys:
1.7k births since 1897
#3023 (34th percentile)
overall:
9k births since 1888
#2840 (63rd percentile)
The name Dorris is the #2,840 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 9,035 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 63.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 63.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,897 (66.8% percentile) for all time with 7,360 births since 1888. For boys, it ranks #3,023 (34.0% percentile) for all time with 1,675 births since 1897.
Dorris first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (1888 for girls and 1897 for boys). Birth data for Dorris is available in 92 out of the 103 years between 1888 and 1990 (92 years for girls and 67 years for boys). 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.
The name Dorris has been given predominantly to girls, with 81.5% of all recorded births being female. In 1990, 100.0% of babies named Dorris were girls.
For girls, Dorris reached its peak popularity in 1924, achieving the 41.1% percentile (ranked #360) with 235 births per million. The name was most common in 1926, with 241 births per million (ranked 40.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1990.
For boys, Dorris reached its peak popularity in 1922, achieving the 9.7% percentile (ranked #493) with 52 births per million. The name was most common in 1922, with 52 births per million (ranked 9.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1977.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dorris".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Dorris. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 76.0% confident that Dorris is pronounced as DAW-rihs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DAW-ruhs, at 24.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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