How Many People Are Named Dorian?
people named Dorian are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 12,584 people in the US has this name
Based on 28,728 babies named Dorian in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
703 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
The name was first used by Oscar Wilde in his novel 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' (1891), which tells the story of a man whose portrait ages while he stays young. Wilde may have taken it from the name of the ancient Greek tribe the Dorians, or from the surname DORAN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Dorian, 15.3% were girls and 84.7% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Dorian fell from 43.6% in the 1920s to 2.3% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dorian alive today is about 27 years old, and 62% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 38 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dorian first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 2000, to 703 babies. In 2025, 564 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Dorian has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #398, in 2000. In 2025 it ranked #539. Among girls, its best rank was #1,072, in 1974.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #539 | #12,241 |
| Best rank | #398 (2000) | #1,072 (1974) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #440 in the 2000s | #1,425 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dorian alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dorian were born in California than in any other state: about 3,368 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dorian was given 1.7 times as often in Louisiana, 1.7 times in Maryland and 1.6 times in Michigan.
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