Dorsey

Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 13% girls / 87% boys

Origin: English

Dorsey first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 136 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1916 with 160 babies (rank #441 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Dorsey

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Dorsey yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

5Destiny numberThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
9Soul urgeThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
5PersonalityThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

6,228

Total babies (all years)

136

Years in the data

160

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	14	#489
1881	9	#614
1882	13	#522
1883	15	#463
1884	15	#492
1885	8	#719
1886	12	#550
1887	11	#556
1888	17	#469
1889	25	#352
1890	17	#441
1891	14	#481
1892	10	#700
1893	15	#484
1894	28	#341
1895	16	#509
1896	20	#444
1897	13	#587
1898	20	#455
1899	12	#588
1900	25	#458
1901	11	#649
1902	11	#699
1903	17	#530
1904	21	#470
1905	16	#598
1906	19	#525
1907	21	#518
1908	24	#516
1909	20	#597
1910	15	#790
1911	20	#715
1912	51	#563
1913	50	#631
1914	67	#619
1915	94	#588
1916	160	#441
1917	110	#562
1918	106	#594
1919	100	#604
1920	118	#574
1921	100	#642
1922	91	#682
1923	98	#651
1924	92	#679
1925	88	#685
1926	73	#749
1927	90	#677
1928	84	#690
1929	93	#635
1930	89	#657
1931	82	#659
1932	91	#623
1933	69	#735
1934	81	#675
1935	73	#713
1936	68	#731
1937	65	#759
1938	80	#674
1939	62	#771
1940	86	#647
1941	78	#696
1942	82	#707
1943	75	#748
1944	72	#732
1945	66	#755
1946	68	#807
1947	87	#739
1948	73	#795
1949	64	#858
1950	57	#907
1951	82	#776
1952	63	#887
1953	61	#920
1954	78	#821
1955	63	#945
1956	62	#947
1957	41	#1,222
1958	58	#1,002
1959	39	#1,250
1960	60	#989
1961	46	#1,161
1962	43	#1,191
1963	44	#1,167
1964	39	#1,242
1965	43	#1,148
1966	46	#1,094
1967	22	#1,674
1968	29	#1,462
1969	26	#1,616
1970	35	#1,424
1971	38	#1,385
1972	29	#1,611
1973	29	#1,619
1974	25	#1,844
1975	21	#2,149
1976	23	#2,066
1977	28	#1,836
1978	16	#2,704
1979	21	#2,329
1980	24	#2,175
1981	27	#2,008
1982	21	#2,356
1983	27	#1,973
1984	14	#3,144
1985	17	#2,862
1986	14	#3,307
1987	12	#3,793
1988	27	#2,266
1989	19	#3,123
1990	15	#3,833
1991	10	#5,209
1992	19	#3,368
1993	14	#4,294
1994	6	#8,054
1995	9	#6,052
1996	11	#5,284
1997	10	#5,764
1998	10	#5,945
1999	5	#10,361
2000	10	#6,444
2001	9	#7,072
2002	13	#5,488
2003	14	#5,346
2004	11	#6,663
2005	5	#11,935
2006	7	#9,847
2007	11	#7,226
2008	12	#6,862
2009	6	#11,383
2011	5	#12,794
2012	8	#9,078
2014	6	#11,089
2016	5	#12,714
2017	6	#11,123
2018	5	#12,666