Is Dorsie a boy or girl name?

Dorsie is a unisex name. Of the 645 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 60.6% were girls and 39.4% were boys. It changed hands in 1923, and has gone mainly to girls since.

Name Legacy

Dorsie

Recorded 1900–1964 · United States

Dorsie was most popular in 1923, when 26 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,939 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 645 people named Dorsie.

Dorsie over time

Births per year. The dot marks Dorsie’s peak in 1923. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Dorsie a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Dorsie is a unisex name — 60.6% of the 645 Americans given it were girls and 39.4% were boys. It changed hands: since 1923 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Dorsie

Explore further

See Dorsie on the interactive charts

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org