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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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 1965
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Indiana#455 · 1 in 9,451
Best ever in a state: #291 in Iowa, 1931.
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Indiana | #455 | 5 | 1 in 9,451 |
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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 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 1965
Top boys' names in 1965
More about 1965
boys
1,860,143 boys got a published name in 1965; 1 in 42,276 of them was named Doran, which outranked 74.5% of the 4,425 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,106Valentine45
- #1,106Warner45
- #1,106Yancy45
- #1,129Doran44
- #1,129Alva44
- #1,129Cortez44
- #1,129Deborah44
- #1,144Ambrose43
- #1,144Ariel43
- #1,144Damien43
Tied with 14 names at #1,129; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.