first name
DORIAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 22,292 people named Dorian, 39.6% reported their origin as Black, 28.9% as White and 23.3% as Hispanic or Latino. 80.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Dorian peaked in 2000, when 703 babies got the name.
At least 28,728 babies have been given the name since 1915. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Dorian by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #889. The largest share of babies named Dorian, 33%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Dorian is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Dorian has been most common in Florida (1.9×), Maryland (1.8×), and Nevada (1.7×), and least common in Minnesota (0.2×).
22,845 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Dorian
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dorian, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Dorian ranks #26,789 of 156,621, with 958 people. See Dorian as a last name
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