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Doran

#7,808 in 2025Boys' name

Exile, wanderer

Doran has been given to 2,711 babies in the U.S. since 1912. In 2025 it ranked #7,808 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1954, with 50 recorded.

Babies named Doran, 2025

1 in 332,000

Doran over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Doran: meaning, origin, and history

Exile, wanderer

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Doran means

Doran means “exile, wanderer”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,656 boys were recorded with the name Doran between 1912 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 50 in 1954; its best national rank was #1,055 in 1954.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #9,833 in 2020 to #7,808 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #9,822 in 2015 to #7,808 in 2025.

In the United States, 55 girls were recorded with the name Doran between 1947 and 1989. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1956; its best national rank was #4,556 in 1956.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Doran?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 332,000
10 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 171,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#7,808
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
229,791 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Doran sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Doran. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Dorans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Doran was born before 1963 — so the typical Doran is around 62 today.

Median birth year
1963
About 62 years old
Biggest decade
1950s
15.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
12.2%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,849
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1950s — 15.4% of all recorded uses (410).

Is Doran rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+687
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+2,025
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+2,014
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.43×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
20.0%
Peak was 1954 (50)
Years since peak
71
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
34.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,055
1954

Spellings of Doran

Doran is not the most common spelling — Dylan is, with 15.8% against Doran's 0.10%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Doran is used

Across 1910–2025, Doran was most concentrated in Iowa — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 452,961 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Iowa1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Illinois1 in —
  4. 4Indiana1 in —
  5. 5Michigan1 in —
  6. 6New York1 in —
  7. 7Pennsylvania1 in —
  8. 8Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Doran has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Doran around the world

Where Doran ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1999–2019
    #4,702
    in 2019
  • France
    1991–2004
    #3,279
    in 2004
  • Canada
    1992–2020
    #2,066
    in 2020
  • South Australia
    2003–2004
    #589
    in 2004

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Doran

People whose public names include Doran, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Doran by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,808
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,025
Best rank ever
#1,055
1954
Peak year
1954
50 that year
First recorded
1912
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,656
Count in 2025
10

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,556
1956
Peak year
1956
8 that year
First recorded
1947
Last recorded
1989
All-time count
55
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Doran

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

TyranKyranKiranDorisAbranTaranDorienQuranImranDuranKaranKamranCiaranDormanDorrisOranTerranDoronIranKoranDorseyGibranCurranLoran

Names with a curve like Doran

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Doran, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

AlphonzoKennardElleryFranzWendallPrentissVernellStaffordNilsDavieAnselmoModesto

Sibling names for Doran

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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