Quick answers about Dorsey
How many people are named Dorsey?
An estimated 1,647 living Americans are named Dorsey.
How rare is Dorsey?
Dorsey fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Dorsey?
The median age of a living American named Dorsey is approximately 62 years, with most bearers falling between 46 and 73 years old.
Is Dorsey still popular?
Not especially. Dorsey has been declining since its 1916 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Dorsey most common?
Dorsey has its strongest geographic signal in West Virginia, where it appears 8.1× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Dorsey is most concentrated in West Virginia — about 7.5× the national rate in the 1940s.
States where Dorsey is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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