Dorsey is an uncommon name used for both girls and boys that peaked in 1916 and has since faded.
Dorsey is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2018. Dorsey was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1916 (160 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,672 |
| 2017 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,125 |
| 2016 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,718 |
| 2014 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,090 |
| 2012 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,078 |
| 2011 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,795 |
| 2009 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,383 |
| 2008 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,863 |
| 2007 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,226 |
| 2006 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,848 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | — | #11,936 |
| 2004 | 11 | 11 | — | #6,662 |
| 2003 | 14 | 14 | — | #5,347 |
| 2002 | 13 | 13 | — | #5,489 |
| 2001 | 9 | 9 | — | #7,073 |
| 2000 | 10 | 10 | — | #6,445 |
| 1999 | 5 | 5 | — | #10,361 |
| 1998 | 10 | 10 | — | #5,945 |
| 1997 | 10 | — | — | #5,764 |
| 1996 | 11 | — | — | #5,284 |
| 1995 | 9 | — | — | #6,052 |
| 1994 | 12 | — | #12,220 | #8,054 |
| 1993 | 19 | — | #14,116 | #4,294 |
| 1992 | 26 | — | #10,815 | #3,369 |
| 1991 | 10 | — | — | #5,209 |
| 1990 | 15 | — | — | #3,833 |
| 1989 | 19 | — | — | #3,123 |
| 1988 | 27 | — | — | #2,266 |
| 1987 | 12 | — | — | #3,793 |
| 1986 | 14 | — | — | #3,307 |
| 1985 | 22 | — | #11,125 | #2,862 |
| 1984 | 14 | — | — | #3,142 |
| 1983 | 33 | — | #9,345 | #1,973 |
| 1982 | 26 | — | #10,938 | #2,357 |
| 1981 | 34 | — | #8,355 | #2,008 |
| 1980 | 24 | — | — | #2,175 |
| 1979 | 30 | — | #6,859 | #2,329 |
| 1978 | 21 | — | #10,181 | #2,705 |
| 1977 | 28 | — | — | #1,835 |
| 1976 | 28 | — | #9,693 | #2,066 |
| 1975 | 27 | — | #8,269 | #2,149 |
| 1974 | 31 | — | #7,958 | #1,844 |
| 1973 | 35 | — | #7,687 | #1,619 |
| 1972 | 37 | — | #6,100 | #1,612 |
| 1971 | 38 | — | — | #1,385 |
| 1970 | 47 | — | #4,568 | #1,424 |
| 1969 | 37 | — | #4,502 | #1,616 |
| 1968 | 40 | — | #4,274 | #1,463 |
| 1967 | 29 | — | #5,621 | #1,674 |
| 1966 | 46 | — | — | #1,094 |
| 1965 | 55 | — | #3,795 | #1,148 |
| 1964 | 47 | — | #5,129 | #1,242 |
| 1963 | 55 | — | #4,083 | #1,167 |
| 1962 | 57 | — | #3,471 | #1,191 |
| 1961 | 56 | — | #4,331 | #1,160 |
| 1960 | 79 | — | #2,839 | #987 |
| 1959 | 49 | — | #4,097 | #1,251 |
| 1958 | 68 | — | #4,010 | #1,002 |
| 1957 | 56 | — | #3,067 | #1,222 |
| 1956 | 69 | — | #4,963 | #947 |
| 1955 | 70 | — | #4,857 | #944 |
| 1954 | 90 | — | #3,370 | #821 |
| 1953 | 78 | — | #2,619 | #920 |
| 1952 | 82 | — | #2,428 | #888 |
| 1951 | 97 | — | #2,722 | #776 |
| 1950 | 67 | — | #3,495 | #907 |
| 1949 | 79 | — | #2,651 | #858 |
| 1948 | 84 | — | #3,193 | #795 |
| 1947 | 98 | — | #3,305 | #739 |
| 1946 | 76 | — | #3,751 | #807 |
| 1945 | 74 | — | #3,458 | #755 |
| 1944 | 89 | — | #2,120 | #732 |
| 1943 | 88 | — | #2,590 | #748 |
| 1942 | 100 | — | #2,063 | #708 |
| 1941 | 89 | — | #2,716 | #696 |
| 1940 | 94 | — | #3,289 | #647 |
| 1939 | 76 | — | #2,228 | #771 |
| 1938 | 88 | — | #3,259 | #674 |
| 1937 | 78 | — | #2,350 | #759 |
| 1936 | 80 | — | #2,413 | #731 |
| 1935 | 79 | — | #3,872 | #713 |
| 1934 | 94 | — | #2,325 | #675 |
| 1933 | 83 | — | #2,192 | #735 |
| 1932 | 101 | — | #2,871 | #623 |
| 1931 | 107 | — | #1,517 | #659 |
| 1930 | 96 | — | #3,753 | #657 |
| 1929 | 103 | — | #2,981 | #635 |
| 1928 | 99 | — | #2,310 | #690 |
| 1927 | 109 | — | #2,042 | #677 |
| 1926 | 87 | — | #2,500 | #749 |
| 1925 | 101 | — | #2,653 | #685 |
| 1924 | 112 | — | #2,014 | #679 |
| 1923 | 116 | — | #2,108 | #651 |
| 1922 | 114 | — | #1,802 | #682 |
| 1921 | 115 | — | #2,408 | #642 |
| 1920 | 129 | — | #2,961 | #574 |
| 1919 | 114 | — | #2,413 | #604 |
| 1918 | 124 | — | #2,050 | #594 |
| 1917 | 119 | — | #3,157 | #562 |
| 1916 | 176 | — | #2,052 | #441 |
| 1915 | 107 | — | #2,289 | #588 |
| 1914 | 75 | — | #2,709 | #619 |
| 1913 | 61 | — | #1,923 | #631 |
| 1912 | 51 | — | — | #563 |
| 1911 | 20 | — | — | #715 |
| 1910 | 15 | — | — | #790 |
| 1909 | 20 | — | — | #597 |
| 1908 | 24 | — | — | #516 |
| 1907 | 21 | — | — | #518 |
| 1906 | 19 | — | — | #525 |
| 1905 | 21 | — | #2,014 | #598 |
| 1904 | 21 | — | — | #470 |
| 1903 | 17 | — | — | #530 |
| 1902 | 11 | — | — | #699 |
| 1901 | 11 | — | — | #649 |
| 1900 | 25 | — | — | #458 |
| 1899 | 12 | — | — | #588 |
| 1898 | 20 | — | — | #455 |
| 1897 | 13 | — | — | #587 |
| 1896 | 20 | — | — | #444 |
| 1895 | 16 | — | — | #509 |
| 1894 | 28 | — | — | #341 |
| 1893 | 15 | — | — | #484 |
| 1892 | 10 | — | — | #700 |
| 1891 | 14 | — | — | #481 |
| 1890 | 17 | — | — | #441 |
| 1889 | 25 | — | — | #352 |
| 1888 | 17 | — | — | #469 |
| 1887 | 11 | — | — | #556 |
| 1886 | 12 | — | — | #550 |
| 1885 | 8 | — | — | #719 |
| 1884 | 15 | — | — | #492 |
| 1883 | 15 | — | — | #463 |
| 1882 | 13 | — | — | #522 |
| 1881 | 9 | — | — | #614 |
| 1880 | 14 | — | — | #489 |