Dorman

Where Dorman comes from

Dorman hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1823
    Dorman Bridgman Eaton born
    American lawyer
  2. 1908
    First appearance
    #1,373 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1928
    Peak, #818
    64 babies named Dorman — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1942
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,358.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Dorman Bridgman Eaton · American lawyer, 1823–1899

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.