Doran
Last seen for girls in 1989 at #12,362 · #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
Given to boys 98.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1954 · 50 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,656since 1912
Doran over time
Rank among boys' names. Doran has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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 | — | #7,679 | 10 | |
| 2024 | — | #8,312 | 9 | |
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,889 | 8 | |
| 2018 | — | #9,670 | 7 | |
| 2017 | — | #7,095 | 11 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,053 | 14 | |
| 2015 | — | #9,568 | 7 | |
| 2014 | — | #6,307 | 13 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,659 | 15 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,001 | 14 | |
| 2011 | — | #7,009 | 11 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,478 | 16 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,985 | 8 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,249 | 17 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,901 | 14 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,460 | 12 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,198 | 21 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,735 | 24 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,114 | 20 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,349 | 26 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,842 | 21 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,764 | 21 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,182 | 25 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,019 | 17 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,351 | 21 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,406 | 20 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,055 | 40 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,951 | 24 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,641 | 27 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,834 | 24 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,462 | 17 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,695 | 24 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #2,545 | 25 |
| 1988 | — | #2,305 | 26 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,641 | 20 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,268 | 14 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,710 | 18 | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #2,232 | 23 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #2,140 | 24 |
| 1982 | — | #2,518 | 19 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,138 | 24 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,367 | 21 | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #2,568 | 18 |
| 1978 | — | #2,134 | 22 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,556 | 17 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,113 | 22 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,948 | 24 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,692 | 28 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,548 | 31 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,648 | 28 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,272 | 43 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,396 | 36 | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #1,526 | 28 |
| 1968 | — | #1,455 | 29 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,198 | 39 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,401 | 30 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,129 | 44 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,147 | 45 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,100 | 48 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,215 | 41 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,179 | 45 | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #1,658 | 24 |
| 1959 | — | #1,265 | 38 | |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #1,237 | 39 |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #1,300 | 36 |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | #1,129 | 45 |
| 1955 | — | #1,075 | 49 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,052 | 50 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,189 | 39 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,152 | 41 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,261 | 34 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,139 | 39 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,380 | 28 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,378 | 28 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #1,297 | 32 |
| 1946 | — | #1,076 | 41 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,270 | 27 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,810 | 15 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,910 | 15 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,381 | 25 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,588 | 19 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,573 | 19 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,712 | 16 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,559 | 19 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,627 | 18 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,639 | 17 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,354 | 25 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,551 | 20 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,540 | 20 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,387 | 25 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,145 | 35 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,330 | 29 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,564 | 22 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,647 | 21 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,468 | 26 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,720 | 20 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,628 | 22 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,727 | 21 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,502 | 25 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,695 | 21 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,829 | 19 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,459 | 12 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,481 | 24 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,073 | 15 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,815 | 17 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,459 | 23 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,968 | 14 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,868 | 12 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,441 | 14 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,269 | 6 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Doran! It came in at #2,269, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2020–2023, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Doran is popular in 1957
No state had 5 or more boys named Doran in 1957, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Doran
- 633 spots since 2024 (#8,312 → #7,679)
- 1,875 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #7,679)
- 1,889 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #7,679)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1954 at #1,052 (50 births)
- Births halved by 1960, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 29,705 boys born in 1931 were named Doran (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,052 in 1954, was only 1 in 40,775 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 15.4% of all boys named Doran (410) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 125 | #1,441 (1913) | #1,797 |
| 1920s | 209 | #1,468 (1927) | #1,724 |
| 1930s | 224 | #1,145 (1931) | #1,484 |
| 1940s | 249 | #1,076 (1946) | #1,466 |
| 1950s | 410 | #1,052 (1954) | #1,180 |
| 1960s | 373 | #1,100 (1963) | #1,301 |
| 1970s | 269 | #1,272 (1971) | #1,888 |
| 1980s | 214 | #2,138 (1981) | #2,486 |
| 1990s | 239 | #2,055 (1995) | #3,060 |
| 2000s | 184 | #3,349 (2002) | #4,960 |
| 2010s | 116 | #5,478 (2010) | #7,173 |
| 2020s | 44 | #7,679 (2025) | #9,723 |
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.
Doran in 1957
Top girls' names in 1957
Top boys' names in 1957
More about 1957
girls
2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 408,970 of them was named Doran, which outranked 13.2% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 929 names at #6,086; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,157,236 boys got a published name in 1957; 1 in 59,923 of them was named Doran, which outranked 71.4% of the 4,552 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,278Shelly37
- #1,278Theo37
- #1,278Wayman37
- #1,300Doran36
- #1,300Brenton36
- #1,300Constantine36
- #1,300Early36
- #1,318Alexis35
- #1,318Bonnie35
- #1,318Cindy35
Tied with 17 names at #1,300; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.