Doran
Doran was the 7812th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 10 babies. Its best year was 1954, when it ranked 1056th with 50 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,016 places. More babies were named Doran in the 1950s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,812 boys, up 2,027 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 10boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 195450 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,711babies recorded
Doran popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 55 since 1947.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,812 | 10 |
| 2020 | #9,839 | 7 |
| 2010 | #5,553 | 16 |
| 2000 | #3,808 | 21 |
| 1990 | #2,718 | 24 |
| 1980 | #2,387 | 21 |
| 1970 | #1,401 | 36 |
| 1960 | #1,668 | 24 |
| 1950 | #1,146 | 39 |
| 1940 | #1,586 | 19 |
| 1930 | #1,344 | 29 |
| 1920 | #2,493 | 12 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Doran, counting every spelling?
Doran is the most common spelling of a name family that had 10 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 10 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doran | 10 | #7,812 | 37 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Doran?
10 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Doran (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Doran born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 831 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Doran.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Doran?
About 1,700 people born in the US named Doran are alive today, with a median age of 51; half are between 31 and 65. That makes Doran mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Doran: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Doran, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Doran
How popular is the name Doran?
Doran was the 7812th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 10 babies. Its best year was 1954, when it ranked 1056th with 50 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,016 places. More babies were named Doran in the 1950s than in any other decade.
Is Doran a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Doran in the US.