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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Dorla

Dorla was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1930, when it ranked 513th with 171 babies. More babies were named Dorla in the 1930s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1930171 babies
Total since 1880
1,089babies recorded

Dorla popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980——
1970#8,3245
1960#3,39714
1950#2,70015
1940#1,64623
1930#513171
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Dorla, counting every spelling?

Dorla has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Dorla?

About 400 people born in the US named Dorla are alive today, with a median age of 76; half are between 67 and 88. That makes Dorla a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Dorla by state

How common Dorla was among girls born in each state in 1928–1932, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Oklahoma (2.5×), Illinois (1.6×). In 35 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesWI0.14Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: 0.41 per 1,000 babiesID0.41Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesIL0.13Michigan: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesMI0.07New York: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesNY0.01Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesSD0.18Iowa: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesIA0.16Indiana: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesIN0.09Ohio: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesOH0.08Pennsylvania: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesPA0.04New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesCA0.04Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: 0.30 per 1,000 babiesNE0.30Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesWV0.18Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesKS0.20Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesOK0.20Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesTX0.04Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Dorla, girls, 1928–1932. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Dorla: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Dorla, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Dorla

How popular is the name Dorla?

Dorla was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1930, when it ranked 513th with 171 babies. More babies were named Dorla in the 1930s than in any other decade.

Is Dorla a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,089 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Dorla most popular?

In 1928–1932, Dorla was most common in Idaho (0.41 per 1,000 girls), followed by Nebraska and Oklahoma.