How Many People Are Named Dorinda?
people named Dorinda are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 89,238 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,801 babies named Dorinda in Social Security records from 1892 to 2015, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
202 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Combination of DORA and the name suffix inda. It was apparently coined by the English writers John Dryden and William D'Avenant for their play 'The Enchanted Island' (1667). In the play, a loose adaptation of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest', Dorinda is the sister of Miranda.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Dorinda in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dorinda alive today is about 62 years old, and 63% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 55 and 70 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dorinda first appears in the records in 1892 and was given most often in 1957, to 202 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2015.
Babies given the name each year, 1892 to 2015
🏆 Rank History
Dorinda has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #606, in 1944.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #606 (1944) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #860 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dorinda alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dorinda were born in California than in any other state: about 307 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dorinda was given 2.4 times as often in Texas, 2 times in California and 1.7 times in Indiana.
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