Dorrine
An English feminine name derived from the French masculine name Dorian.
Name Census estimates that about 139 living Americans carry the first name Dorrine. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Dorrine today is around 70 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Dorrine births was 1957 (17 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Dorrine. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • The typical person named Dorrine is about 70 years old today, placing it firmly among the names of earlier generations. Most living Dorrines were born before 1966.
People living today
139
~ 1 in 2,465,859 Americans
Peak year
1957
17 babies that year
Average age
70
years old
1974 SSA rank
#9,139
Tracked since 1916
Census
Dorrine in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 220 people with the first name Dorrine, which placed it at #36,203 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#36,203
National first-name rank
People counted
220
220 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
69.1% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Dorrine
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Dorrine is White at 69.1%. The next largest groups are Black (16.8%) and Hispanic (7.3%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Dorrine described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Dorrine at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White69.1% · 152
- Black or African American16.8% · 37
- Hispanic or Latino7.3% · 16
- Two or more races3.2% · 7
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.8% · 4
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.8% · 4
Popularity
Dorrine: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Dorrine from the 1910s through to the 1970s, spanning 7 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1930s, with 77 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1930s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Dorrine by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Dorrine during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Dorrine
The name Dorrine is derived from the Greek name Dorothea, which means "gift of God." The name Dorothea was popular among early Christian martyrs and saints, leading to its widespread use across Europe.
The name Dorrine emerged as a French diminutive form of Dorothea during the Middle Ages. It was particularly prevalent in regions of France, such as Normandy and Brittany, where it was commonly spelled as Dorine or Dorrine.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Dorrine can be found in the medieval French epic poem, "The Song of Roland," written around the 11th century. In the poem, a character named Dorrine is mentioned as a lady-in-waiting to the wife of Charlemagne.
In the 13th century, a French noblewoman named Dorrine de Vergy was renowned for her beauty and tragic love story. Her ill-fated romance with a knight named Gautier d'Aunay inspired numerous literary works and ballads during the Middle Ages.
During the Renaissance period, Dorrine Cooman (1504-1570) was a Flemish composer and singer who gained recognition for her sacred and secular compositions. She served as a court musician to Queen Mary of Hungary and is considered one of the earliest known female composers.
In the 17th century, Dorrine de Pompadour (1626-1708) was a French aristocrat and courtier who served as a lady-in-waiting to Queen Marie Thérèse of France. She was known for her influence in the French court and her patronage of the arts.
Another notable figure was Dorrine Dufour (1721-1802), a French botanist and naturalist who made significant contributions to the study of plant life in the Caribbean. She was one of the first women to be elected to the prestigious French Academy of Sciences.
People
Dorrine + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Dorrine as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with D
Other first names starting with D with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Dorrine: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Dorrine?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 139 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Dorrine going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 2,465,859 US residents.
Is Dorrine a common name?
We classify Dorrine as "Very Rare". It ranks above 69.2% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 308 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Dorrine most popular?
The single biggest year for Dorrine was 1957, when 17 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Dorrine is about 70 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Dorrine in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 220 people with the name Dorrine, or 0.07 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #36,203 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Dorrine in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Dorrine?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Dorrine appears almost entirely female. Of the 219 people counted with this name, 99.1% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Dorrine?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Dorrine is White at 69.1%. The next largest groups are Black (16.8%) and Hispanic (7.3%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Dorrine most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Dorrine in the 2020 Census, accounting for 69.1% (152 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Dorrine in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Dorrine a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Dorrine in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Dorrine still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Dorrine in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Dorrine can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many Americans are named Dorrine?
See how many Americans are named Dorrine on HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site built around that single question.