Dorsey peaked in the US in 1894 at #336, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.
Dorsey as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2018
#12,156 (5)
2017
#10,775 (6)
2016
#12,185 (5)
2014
#10,717 (6)
2012
#8,864 (8)
2011
#12,287 (5)
2009
#10,994 (6)
2008
#6,763 (12)
2007
#7,094 (11)
2006
#9,585 (7)
2005
#11,472 (5)
2004
#6,520 (11)
2003
#5,271 (14)
2002
#5,395 (13)
2001
#6,935 (9)
Dorsey as a girl’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
1994
#11,778 (6)
1993
#13,442 (5)
1992
#10,479 (7)
1985
#10,677 (5)
1983
#9,015 (6)
1982
#10,517 (5)
1981
#8,128 (7)
1979
#6,696 (9)
1978
#9,750 (5)
1976
#9,284 (5)
1975
#7,984 (6)
1974
#7,680 (6)
1973
#7,435 (6)
1972
#5,959 (8)
1970
#4,492 (12)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1894 at #336.
In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
In 1994, 50% of US babies named Dorsey were girls.