Dorsey*
#1,518 most common boys' name of all time · #3,686 across all names · 87% male / 13% female · used 1880–2018 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#1,518
Rank overall
#3,686 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
136 of 146
All-time
6,228
Since 2016
16
Peak year
1916 #442
Best rank
#345 1894
Girls
Boys
peak 176/yr
Dorsey is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2017 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2016 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,208 |
| 2014 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,738 |
| 2012 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,872 |
| 2011 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,306 |
| 2009 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,010 |
| 2008 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2007 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,100 |
| 2006 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,598 |
| 2005 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,489 |
| 2004 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,531 |
| 2003 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,276 |
| 2002 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,402 |
| 2001 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,947 |
| 2000 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,329 |
| 1999 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,931 |
| 1998 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,851 |
| 1997 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,652 |
| 1996 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,195 |
| 1995 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,936 |
| 1994 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #7,783 |
| 1993 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #4,237 |
| 1992 | 7 | 19 | 26 | #3,342 |
| 1991 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,108 |
| 1990 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,791 |
| 1989 | — | 19 | 19 | #3,102 |
| 1988 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,258 |
| 1987 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,745 |
| 1986 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,275 |
| 1985 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #2,833 |
| 1984 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,115 |
| 1983 | 6 | 27 | 33 | #1,959 |
| 1982 | 5 | 21 | 26 | #2,346 |
| 1981 | 7 | 27 | 34 | #1,998 |
| 1980 | — | 24 | 24 | #2,165 |
| 1979 | 9 | 21 | 30 | #2,311 |
| 1978 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #2,678 |
| 1977 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,827 |
| 1976 | 5 | 23 | 28 | #2,056 |
| 1975 | 6 | 21 | 27 | #2,140 |
| 1974 | 6 | 25 | 31 | #1,837 |
| 1973 | 6 | 29 | 35 | #1,614 |
| 1972 | 8 | 29 | 37 | #1,608 |
| 1971 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,381 |
| 1970 | 12 | 35 | 47 | #1,421 |
| 1969 | 11 | 26 | 37 | #1,611 |
| 1968 | 11 | 29 | 40 | #1,456 |
| 1967 | 7 | 22 | 29 | #1,657 |
| 1966 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,092 |
| 1965 | 12 | 43 | 55 | #1,148 |
| 1964 | 8 | 39 | 47 | #1,239 |
| 1963 | 11 | 44 | 55 | #1,166 |
| 1962 | 14 | 43 | 57 | #1,189 |
| 1961 | 10 | 46 | 56 | #1,158 |
| 1960 | 19 | 60 | 79 | #985 |
| 1959 | 10 | 39 | 49 | #1,250 |
| 1958 | 10 | 58 | 68 | #1,001 |
| 1957 | 15 | 41 | 56 | #1,214 |
| 1956 | 7 | 62 | 69 | #946 |
| 1955 | 7 | 63 | 70 | #943 |
| 1954 | 12 | 78 | 90 | #821 |
| 1953 | 17 | 61 | 78 | #921 |
| 1952 | 19 | 63 | 82 | #883 |
| 1951 | 15 | 82 | 97 | #777 |
| 1950 | 10 | 57 | 67 | #907 |
| 1949 | 15 | 64 | 79 | #857 |
| 1948 | 11 | 73 | 84 | #795 |
| 1947 | 11 | 87 | 98 | #737 |
| 1946 | 8 | 68 | 76 | #807 |
| 1945 | 8 | 66 | 74 | #755 |
| 1944 | 17 | 72 | 89 | #730 |
| 1943 | 13 | 75 | 88 | #748 |
| 1942 | 18 | 82 | 100 | #708 |
| 1941 | 11 | 78 | 89 | #700 |
| 1940 | 8 | 86 | 94 | #647 |
| 1939 | 14 | 62 | 76 | #771 |
| 1938 | 8 | 80 | 88 | #674 |
| 1937 | 13 | 65 | 78 | #759 |
| 1936 | 12 | 68 | 80 | #730 |
| 1935 | 6 | 73 | 79 | #711 |
| 1934 | 13 | 81 | 94 | #674 |
| 1933 | 14 | 69 | 83 | #737 |
| 1932 | 10 | 91 | 101 | #623 |
| 1931 | 25 | 82 | 107 | #661 |
| 1930 | 7 | 89 | 96 | #654 |
| 1929 | 10 | 93 | 103 | #636 |
| 1928 | 15 | 84 | 99 | #690 |
| 1927 | 19 | 90 | 109 | #679 |
| 1926 | 14 | 73 | 87 | #754 |
| 1925 | 13 | 88 | 101 | #683 |
| 1924 | 20 | 92 | 112 | #678 |
| 1923 | 18 | 98 | 116 | #650 |
| 1922 | 23 | 91 | 114 | #679 |
| 1921 | 15 | 100 | 115 | #643 |
| 1920 | 11 | 118 | 129 | #574 |
| 1919 | 14 | 100 | 114 | #603 |
| 1918 | 18 | 106 | 124 | #592 |
| 1917 | 9 | 110 | 119 | #562 |
| 1916 | 16 | 160 | 176 | #442 |
| 1915 | 13 | 94 | 107 | #588 |
| 1914 | 8 | 67 | 75 | #618 |
| 1913 | 11 | 50 | 61 | #634 |
| 1912 | — | 51 | 51 | #564 |
| 1911 | — | 20 | 20 | #714 |
| 1910 | — | 15 | 15 | #794 |
| 1909 | — | 20 | 20 | #600 |
| 1908 | — | 24 | 24 | #517 |
| 1907 | — | 21 | 21 | #523 |
| 1906 | — | 19 | 19 | #531 |
| 1905 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #604 |
| 1904 | — | 21 | 21 | #475 |
| 1903 | — | 17 | 17 | #537 |
| 1902 | — | 11 | 11 | #706 |
| 1901 | — | 11 | 11 | #647 |
| 1900 | — | 25 | 25 | #462 |
| 1899 | — | 12 | 12 | #595 |
| 1898 | — | 20 | 20 | #462 |
| 1897 | — | 13 | 13 | #598 |
| 1896 | — | 20 | 20 | #449 |
| 1895 | — | 16 | 16 | #512 |
| 1894 | — | 28 | 28 | #345 |
| 1893 | — | 15 | 15 | #487 |
| 1892 | — | 10 | 10 | #703 |
| 1891 | — | 14 | 14 | #487 |
| 1890 | — | 17 | 17 | #446 |
| 1889 | — | 25 | 25 | #358 |
| 1888 | — | 17 | 17 | #475 |
| 1887 | — | 11 | 11 | #562 |
| 1886 | — | 12 | 12 | #550 |
| 1885 | — | 8 | 8 | #713 |
| 1884 | — | 15 | 15 | #496 |
| 1883 | — | 15 | 15 | #467 |
| 1882 | — | 13 | 13 | #523 |
| 1881 | — | 9 | 9 | #613 |
| 1880 | — | 14 | 14 | #490 |