Dorrit
Dorrit is a name with a single cultural origin: Danish.
- Danish
Meaning & Origin of Dorrit
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dorrit is a name with a single cultural origin: Danish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Danish
The Story of Dorrit
American parents first put Dorrit on the record books as a baby girl name in 1918, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1918, when 7 Dorrits were born — ranking #3,869 that year. The 1910s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 54% of all recorded Dorrits. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1923 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 13 Dorrits have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Dorrit
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Names that sound like Dorrit
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About the name Dorrit
Dorrit is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1918 and has accumulated 13 births in the dataset. Dorrit's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #3,869. Use the chart and map above to compare Dorrit'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.