Dorian
Dorian is ranked 538th among boys in 2024 (553 births). Its best rank was 398th, in 2000.
- Rank in 2024
- #538up 70 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 5530.03% of boys
- Peak year
- 2008641 births
- Best rank
- #398in 2000
- Since 1915
- 28,161people given the name
The story in the numbers
23,627 boys have been named Dorian in the United States since 1915, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2008, with 641 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 539 → 538).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2002, and the 2000s alone account for 25%. It has spent 70 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Dorian is used for both sexes: 16% of its bearers are girls (4,534), most of them born around 1983.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Dorian | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 16 | |
| 1920s | 57 | |
| 1930s | 60 | |
| 1940s | 308 | |
| 1950s | 532 | |
| 1960s | 783 | |
| 1970s | 2,114 | |
| 1980s | 2,256 | |
| 1990s | 3,862 | |
| 2000s | 5,893 | |
| 2010s | 5,145 | |
| 2020s | 2,601 |
In 2008, its biggest year
Dorian was the 441st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2008 were Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 2008.
Names that rose and fell with Dorian
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Nasserpeak 2014
- Estebanpeak 2005
- Eliudpeak 2000
- Zachpeak 2007
- Gamalielpeak 2004
- Moisespeak 2001
- Kofipeak 2004
- Ahmadpeak 2001
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.