How Many People Are Named Dorsey?
people named Dorsey are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 154,026 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,228 babies named Dorsey in Social Security records from 1880 to 2018, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
176 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Dorsey, 17.3% were girls and 82.7% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Dorsey rose from 0% in the 1880s to 14.2% in the 1990s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dorsey alive today is about 61 years old, and 60% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 49 and 75 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dorsey first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1916, to 176 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2018.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2018
🏆 Rank History
Dorsey has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #341, in 1894. Among girls, its best rank was #1,516, in 1931.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #341 (1894) | #1,516 (1931) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #662 in the 1920s | #2,277 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dorsey alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dorsey were born in Georgia than in any other state: about 101 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dorsey was given 12.2 times as often in West Virginia, 7.8 times in Georgia and 3.6 times in Virginia.
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