Dorrie
Dorrie is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Dorrie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dorrie is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Dorrie
The earliest SSA record of Dorrie as a baby girl name dates back to 1917, when 5 babies received it. 1959 was its biggest year on record, with 59 newborns named Dorrie — #1,395 in the national rankings. About 33% of every Dorrie on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Dorrie last appeared in the published SSA data in 2005, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 889 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Notable people named Dorrie
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Dorrie Nossiter (1893–1977), English jeweller and jewellery designer
- Doris Dörrie (born 1955), German film director, producer and author
- Dorrie Timmermanns (born 1965), Dutch wheelchair tennis player
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Names that sound like Dorrie
Phonetically similar names — useful when Dorrie is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Dorrie
Dorrie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1917 and has accumulated 889 births in the dataset. Dorrie's peak popularity came in 1959 when it ranked #1,395. Use the chart and map above to compare Dorrie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.