NameTides

Dorian

Dorian was the #539 boys' name in the US in 2025 (557 babies), and #745 in England & Wales and #916 in Canada.

Dorian as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Dorian as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & WalesIreland
Dorian as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#539 (557)#745 (46)——#829 (3)#916 (28)
2024#538 (554)#898 (35)——#655 (4)#842 (30)
2023#605 (468)#1,018 (29)——#362 (10)#1,192 (18)
2022#563 (526)#825 (38)—#352 (4)—#763 (33)
2021#567 (497)#729 (47)#720 (3)#433 (3)#454 (7)#713 (38)
2020#512 (559)#668 (51)#599 (4)—#741 (3)#564 (46)
2019#511 (560)#844 (36)#609 (4)—#564 (5)#681 (37)
2018#521 (545)#629 (57)——#749 (3)#885 (26)
2017#538 (527)#661 (53)#532 (5)—#495 (6)#681 (37)
2016#543 (531)#597 (60)#401 (8)—#491 (6)#808 (30)
2015#560 (512)#612 (60)#588 (4)—#355 (11)#649 (40)
2014#539 (516)#616 (56)#533 (5)#398 (3)#428 (8)#736 (33)
2013#546 (486)#788 (39)#590 (4)—#383 (10)#669 (37)
2012#560 (464)#549 (66)#467 (6)—#430 (8)#602 (41)
2011#522 (490)#652 (50)#544 (4)—#435 (8)#565 (45)

Dorian as a girl’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Dorian as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020US
Dorian as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSCanada
2025#11,932 (7)—
2024#15,293 (5)—
2023#8,055 (13)—
2022#7,281 (15)—
2021#6,414 (18)—
2020#6,629 (17)—
2019#7,342 (15)—
2018#6,010 (20)—
2017#8,776 (12)—
2016#5,445 (24)—
2015#5,653 (23)—
2014#6,451 (19)—
2013#5,317 (25)—
2012#5,895 (22)—
2011#6,148 (21)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #539.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1915.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,100 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,700uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 250,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Dorian is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,700 to 1 in 3,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Dorian by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #474WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #586MNIllinois: #500ILMichigan: #540MINew York: #601NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #398ORNevada: #389NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #571IAIndiana: #579INOhio: #650OHPennsylvania: #704PANew Jersey: #412NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #359CAUtah: #621UTColorado: #571CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #518MOKentucky: #625KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #670VAMaryland: #475MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #343AZNew Mexico: #193NMKansas: #524KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #672TNNorth Carolina: #512NCSouth Carolina: #552SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #426OKLouisiana: #672LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #685ALGeorgia: #625GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #514TXFlorida: #602FL
Dorian (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#7165
Ontario2024#79414

Dorian (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DorianCanadaGirls—too few
DorianCanadaBoys#91628
DorianEngland & WalesBoys#74546
DorianIrelandBoys#8293
DorianNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DorianScotlandBoys—too few
DorianUSGirls#11,9327
DorianUSBoys#539557