Dorian
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · #539 for boys in 2025, 557 births
Given to boys 84.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2000 · 639 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 24,187since 1915
Dorian over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 | #539 | 557 |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | #538 | 554 |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 | #605 | 468 |
| 2022 | #7,281 | 15 | #563 | 526 |
| 2021 | #6,414 | 18 | #567 | 497 |
| 2020 | #6,629 | 17 | #512 | 559 |
| 2019 | #7,342 | 15 | #511 | 560 |
| 2018 | #6,010 | 20 | #521 | 545 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 | #538 | 527 |
| 2016 | #5,445 | 24 | #543 | 531 |
| 2015 | #5,653 | 23 | #560 | 512 |
| 2014 | #6,451 | 19 | #539 | 516 |
| 2013 | #5,317 | 25 | #546 | 486 |
| 2012 | #5,895 | 22 | #560 | 464 |
| 2011 | #6,148 | 21 | #522 | 490 |
| 2010 | #4,735 | 30 | #503 | 514 |
| 2009 | #4,805 | 30 | #513 | 524 |
| 2008 | #3,710 | 43 | #441 | 641 |
| 2007 | #3,721 | 43 | #490 | 542 |
| 2006 | #3,564 | 44 | #465 | 578 |
| 2005 | #3,257 | 47 | #428 | 625 |
| 2004 | #2,526 | 66 | #435 | 595 |
| 2003 | #2,638 | 60 | #449 | 560 |
| 2002 | #2,467 | 64 | #419 | 586 |
| 2001 | #2,171 | 75 | #416 | 603 |
| 2000 | #2,403 | 64 | #398 | 639 |
| 1999 | #1,688 | 97 | #507 | 420 |
| 1998 | #1,587 | 103 | #506 | 421 |
| 1997 | #1,828 | 81 | #514 | 392 |
| 1996 | #1,780 | 83 | #515 | 395 |
| 1995 | #1,626 | 91 | #505 | 409 |
| 1994 | #1,634 | 92 | #530 | 370 |
| 1993 | #1,629 | 93 | #539 | 362 |
| 1992 | #1,740 | 85 | #523 | 371 |
| 1991 | #1,933 | 72 | #528 | 364 |
| 1990 | #2,101 | 62 | #520 | 358 |
| 1989 | #1,998 | 63 | #523 | 334 |
| 1988 | #1,722 | 74 | #535 | 290 |
| 1987 | #1,387 | 97 | #569 | 252 |
| 1986 | #1,505 | 82 | #653 | 187 |
| 1985 | #1,575 | 76 | #583 | 225 |
| 1984 | #1,197 | 109 | #598 | 202 |
| 1983 | #1,096 | 125 | #575 | 215 |
| 1982 | #1,257 | 103 | #577 | 221 |
| 1981 | #1,515 | 79 | #672 | 165 |
| 1980 | #1,337 | 94 | #675 | 165 |
| 1979 | #1,517 | 77 | #575 | 219 |
| 1978 | #1,341 | 89 | #617 | 182 |
| 1977 | #1,358 | 83 | #559 | 224 |
| 1976 | #1,499 | 69 | #566 | 205 |
| 1975 | #1,481 | 69 | #538 | 223 |
| 1974 | #1,070 | 110 | #524 | 229 |
| 1973 | #1,127 | 99 | #456 | 293 |
| 1972 | #2,135 | 36 | #556 | 206 |
| 1971 | #2,064 | 40 | #611 | 187 |
| 1970 | #1,952 | 43 | #685 | 146 |
| 1969 | #2,134 | 35 | #676 | 135 |
| 1968 | #2,056 | 34 | #773 | 92 |
| 1967 | #2,432 | 25 | #786 | 86 |
| 1966 | #2,094 | 31 | #778 | 87 |
| 1965 | #1,993 | 34 | #967 | 58 |
| 1964 | #1,610 | 50 | #929 | 67 |
| 1963 | #1,522 | 54 | #911 | 67 |
| 1962 | #1,192 | 85 | #907 | 70 |
| 1961 | #1,428 | 61 | #940 | 66 |
| 1960 | #1,163 | 88 | #1,034 | 55 |
| 1959 | #1,192 | 80 | #1,061 | 53 |
| 1958 | #1,340 | 62 | #1,049 | 53 |
| 1957 | #1,332 | 63 | #936 | 65 |
| 1956 | #1,637 | 42 | #1,019 | 54 |
| 1955 | #1,423 | 50 | #893 | 69 |
| 1954 | #1,436 | 49 | #1,007 | 55 |
| 1953 | #1,299 | 56 | #908 | 62 |
| 1952 | #1,578 | 37 | #1,245 | 35 |
| 1951 | #1,611 | 35 | #1,083 | 44 |
| 1950 | #1,524 | 37 | #1,086 | 42 |
| 1949 | #1,564 | 35 | #905 | 58 |
| 1948 | #1,548 | 36 | #1,001 | 49 |
| 1947 | #1,752 | 30 | #938 | 56 |
| 1946 | #2,482 | 15 | #842 | 61 |
| 1945 | #2,060 | 17 | #1,163 | 32 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #2,309 | 10 |
| 1943 | — | #2,732 | 8 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,386 | 10 | |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #1,903 | 14 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | #2,159 | 11 |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | — | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | — | #2,742 | 8 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,368 | 10 | |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | — | |
| 1931 | — | #2,864 | 8 | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | — | |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #2,641 | 11 |
| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,252 | 8 | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | #3,489 | 7 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | #3,115 | 8 |
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| 1915 | — | #2,829 | 8 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Dorian! It came in at #2,829, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1918, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Dorian is popular in 1956
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Michigan#501 · 1 in 12,509
- California#631 · 1 in 15,250
- Illinois#677 · 1 in 22,464
- New York#847 · 1 in 35,254
Best ever in a state: #165 in Alaska, 1995.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | #501 | 8 | 1 in 12,509 |
| California | #631 | 11 | 1 in 15,250 |
| Illinois | #677 | 5 | 1 in 22,464 |
| New York | #847 | 5 | 1 in 35,254 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Dorian
- 1 spot since 2024 (#538 → #539)
- 27 spots since 2020 (#512 → #539)
- 21 spots since 2015 (#560 → #539)
- Biggest jump: 337 spots in 1953 (#1,245 → #908)
- Biggest drop: 181 spots in 1950 (#905 → #1,086)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 2000 at #398 (639 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 71 yrs · run 1961–2025
- Highest: 1 in 3,067 boys born in 2025 were named Dorian (0.03%)
- Its best rank, #398 in 2000, was only 1 in 3,074 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 24.4% of all boys named Dorian (5,893) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1962, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 16 | #2,829 (1915) | #2,972 |
| 1920s | 57 | #2,641 (1924) | #3,532 |
| 1930s | 60 | #2,159 (1939) | #2,638 |
| 1940s | 308 | #842 (1946) | #1,650 |
| 1950s | 532 | #893 (1955) | #1,029 |
| 1960s | 783 | #676 (1969) | #870 |
| 1970s | 2,114 | #456 (1973) | #569 |
| 1980s | 2,256 | #523 (1989) | #596 |
| 1990s | 3,862 | #505 (1995) | #519 |
| 2000s | 5,893 | #398 (2000) | #445 |
| 2010s | 5,145 | #503 (2010) | #534 |
| 2020s | 3,161 | #512 (2020) | #554 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Dorian in 1956
Top girls' names in 1956
Top boys' names in 1956
More about 1956
girls
2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 47,802 of them was named Dorian, which outranked 76.2% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,617Tereasa43
- #1,617Vannessa43
- #1,617Wenda43
- #1,637Dorian42
- #1,637Adell42
- #1,637Ardith42
- #1,637Corlis42
- #1,662Amie41
- #1,662Bertie41
- #1,662Dorthea41
Tied with 24 names at #1,637; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 39,172 of them was named Dorian, which outranked 77.1% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,008Raymundo55
- #1,008Sharon55
- #1,008Vic55
- #1,019Dorian54
- #1,019Daryle54
- #1,019Davey54
- #1,019Granville54
- #1,032Abelardo53
- #1,032Allyn53
- #1,032Arlie53
Tied with 12 names at #1,019; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.