Dorman
Last seen for boys in 2012 at #12,274
- Peak · boys
- 1928 · 64 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,898since 1908
Dorman over time
Rank among boys' names. Dorman has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2012 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | — | |
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| 1989 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | — | |
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| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,910 | 14 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | #2,415 | 13 |
| 1968 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #2,352 | 12 |
| 1966 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #1,975 | 17 |
| 1963 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #2,070 | 16 |
| 1960 | #2,042 | 16 |
| 1959 | #1,974 | 17 |
| 1958 | #1,953 | 17 |
| 1957 | #1,887 | 18 |
| 1956 | #1,821 | 19 |
| 1955 | #1,682 | 21 |
| 1954 | #1,762 | 19 |
| 1953 | #1,331 | 32 |
| 1952 | #1,749 | 19 |
| 1951 | #1,598 | 22 |
| 1950 | #1,340 | 29 |
| 1949 | #1,462 | 25 |
| 1948 | #1,430 | 26 |
| 1947 | #1,599 | 22 |
| 1946 | #1,217 | 33 |
| 1945 | #1,006 | 40 |
| 1944 | #1,525 | 20 |
| 1943 | #1,529 | 21 |
| 1942 | #1,358 | 26 |
| 1941 | #1,108 | 35 |
| 1940 | #1,090 | 36 |
| 1939 | #1,070 | 36 |
| 1938 | #927 | 46 |
| 1937 | #896 | 48 |
| 1936 | #1,010 | 39 |
| 1935 | #858 | 53 |
| 1934 | #1,059 | 38 |
| 1933 | #1,028 | 39 |
| 1932 | #963 | 46 |
| 1931 | #1,031 | 42 |
| 1930 | #855 | 59 |
| 1929 | #1,026 | 44 |
| 1928 | #818 | 64 |
| 1927 | #911 | 56 |
| 1926 | #992 | 48 |
| 1925 | #998 | 47 |
| 1924 | #952 | 54 |
| 1923 | #961 | 51 |
| 1922 | #1,023 | 48 |
| 1921 | #1,026 | 46 |
| 1920 | #1,035 | 45 |
| 1919 | #1,188 | 35 |
| 1918 | #1,012 | 44 |
| 1917 | #1,113 | 36 |
| 1916 | #1,157 | 32 |
| 1915 | #1,372 | 24 |
| 1914 | #1,221 | 23 |
| 1913 | #1,173 | 19 |
| 1912 | #1,417 | 12 |
| 1911 | — | |
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| 1908 | #1,373 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Dorman! It came in at #1,373, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1908–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Dorman is popular in 1927
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Louisiana#432 · 1 in 4,064
- North Carolina#493 · 1 in 5,853
- Texas#620 · 1 in 6,325
Best ever in a state: #301 in Kentucky, 1930.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #432 | 5 | 1 in 4,064 |
| North Carolina | #493 | 6 | 1 in 5,853 |
| Texas | #620 | 9 | 1 in 6,325 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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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 Dorman
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
- Biggest jump: 201 spots in 1935 (#1,059 → #858)
- Biggest drop: 208 spots in 1929 (#818 → #1,026)
- Debuted 1908
- Peaked 1928 at #818 (64 births)
- Births halved by 1942, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1923–1928
- Highest: 1 in 17,306 boys born in 1928 were named Dorman (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 379,389 boys born in 2012 (0.00%)
- 26.5% of all boys named Dorman (503) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,373 (1908) | #1,373 |
| 1910s | 225 | #1,012 (1918) | #1,207 |
| 1920s | 503 | #818 (1928) | #974 |
| 1930s | 446 | #855 (1930) | #970 |
| 1940s | 284 | #1,006 (1945) | #1,332 |
| 1950s | 213 | #1,331 (1953) | #1,710 |
| 1960s | 116 | #1,975 (1964) | #2,586 |
| 1970s | 70 | #2,910 (1977) | #3,746 |
| 1980s | 26 | #4,495 (1980) | #5,946 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 5 | #12,553 (2008) | #12,553 |
| 2010s | 5 | #12,274 (2012) | #12,274 |
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.
Dorman in 1927
Top boys' names in 1927
More about 1927
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1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 20,123 of them was named Dorman, which outranked 81.0% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).