Dorsey
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DOR-see
Dorsey is a boys' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Dorsey mean?
Surname of uncertain origin, possibly Norman French or Irish
Brothers Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey led two of the best-known big bands of the swing era.
Is Dorsey a girl's or a boy's name?
Dorsey is a boys' name.
How popular is Dorsey in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1916, with 160 boys.
Half of all the boys named Dorsey in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 1955, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1983, 18% of the babies named Dorsey in the US were girls.
Dorsey in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,331 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 19 | #3,088 |
| 1988 | 27 | #2,250 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 17 | #2,825 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,105 |
| 1983 | 27 | #1,954 |
| 1982 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1981 | 27 | #1,995 |
| 1980 | 24 | #2,162 |
| 1979 | 21 | #2,309 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,668 |
| 1977 | 28 | #1,823 |
| 1976 | 23 | #2,053 |
| 1975 | 21 | #2,133 |
| 1974 | 25 | #1,832 |
| 1973 | 29 | #1,612 |
| 1972 | 29 | #1,603 |
| 1971 | 38 | #1,378 |
| 1970 | 35 | #1,415 |
| 1969 | 26 | #1,604 |
| 1968 | 29 | #1,454 |
| 1967 | 22 | #1,651 |
| 1966 | 46 | #1,090 |
| 1965 | 43 | #1,144 |
| 1964 | 39 | #1,235 |
| 1963 | 44 | #1,164 |
| 1962 | 43 | #1,186 |
| 1961 | 46 | #1,155 |
| 1960 | 60 | #980 |
| 1959 | 39 | #1,246 |
| 1958 | 58 | #1,000 |
| 1957 | 41 | #1,213 |
| 1956 | 62 | #945 |
| 1955 | 63 | #941 |
| 1954 | 78 | #818 |
| 1953 | 61 | #919 |
| 1952 | 63 | #882 |
| 1951 | 82 | #774 |
| 1950 | 57 | #903 |
| 1949 | 64 | #855 |
| 1948 | 73 | #794 |
| 1947 | 87 | #736 |
| 1946 | 68 | #806 |
| 1945 | 66 | #753 |
| 1944 | 72 | #730 |
| 1943 | 75 | #746 |
| 1942 | 82 | #705 |
| 1941 | 78 | #694 |
| 1940 | 86 | #646 |
| 1939 | 62 | #770 |
| 1938 | 80 | #672 |
| 1937 | 65 | #757 |
| 1936 | 68 | #729 |
| 1935 | 73 | #710 |
| 1934 | 81 | #673 |
| 1933 | 69 | #733 |
| 1932 | 91 | #622 |
| 1931 | 82 | #659 |
| 1930 | 89 | #654 |
| 1929 | 93 | #633 |
| 1928 | 84 | #690 |
| 1927 | 90 | #677 |
| 1926 | 73 | #749 |
| 1925 | 88 | #682 |
| 1924 | 92 | #677 |
| 1923 | 98 | #650 |
| 1922 | 91 | #678 |
| 1921 | 100 | #642 |
| 1920 | 118 | #574 |
| 1919 | 100 | #603 |
| 1918 | 106 | #592 |
| 1917 | 110 | #561 |
| 1916 | 160 | #441 |
| 1915 | 94 | #587 |
| 1914 | 67 | #616 |
| 1913 | 50 | #629 |
| 1912 | 51 | #561 |
| 1911 | 20 | #707 |
| 1910 | 15 | #782 |
| 1909 | 20 | #590 |
| 1908 | 24 | #513 |
| 1907 | 21 | #511 |
| 1906 | 19 | #523 |
| 1905 | 16 | #592 |
| 1904 | 21 | #466 |
| 1903 | 17 | #527 |
| 1902 | 11 | #686 |
| 1901 | 11 | #637 |
| 1900 | 25 | #455 |
| 1899 | 12 | #583 |
| 1898 | 20 | #452 |
| 1897 | 13 | #584 |
| 1896 | 20 | #438 |
| 1895 | 16 | #501 |
| 1894 | 28 | #336 |
| 1893 | 15 | #479 |
| 1892 | 10 | #687 |
| 1891 | 14 | #476 |
| 1890 | 17 | #434 |
| 1889 | 25 | #351 |
| 1888 | 17 | #464 |
| 1887 | 11 | #544 |
| 1886 | 12 | #540 |
| 1885 | 8 | #700 |
| 1884 | 15 | #488 |
| 1883 | 15 | #460 |
| 1882 | 13 | #514 |
| 1881 | 9 | #595 |
| 1880 | 14 | #482 |
Names like Dorsey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Harvey, Roy, Sidney, Stanley, William, Harry, Edward, Walter, Henry, Arthur, Edwin, Leroy
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dorsey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dorsey, updated 20 October 2026.