Dorean

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Variant of Doreen

Dorean has been given to 341 babies in the U.S. since 1921. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1958, with 17 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 74% girls, 26% boys all-time.

Babies named Dorean, 1999

1 in 738,000

Dorean over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Dorean over time

In 2013, Dorean went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Dorean: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Doreen

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Dorean means

Dorean is a variant of Doreen.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Dorean is used in English (Rare).

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Doreen.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 251 girls were recorded with the name Dorean between 1921 and 1999. Its highest annual count was 17 in 1958; its best national rank was #2,890 in 1958.

In the United States, 90 boys were recorded with the name Dorean between 1989 and 2013. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2003; its best national rank was #5,965 in 2003.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Dorean?

Dorean had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1999, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1999: 1 in 738,000; 5 of 3,692,373 births
Among girls only: 1 in 355,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1999: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 511,873 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Dorean sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1999 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 511,873 children born in 1999 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dorean. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Doreans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Dorean was born before 1958 — so the typical Dorean is around 67 today.

Median birth year: 1958; About 67 years old
Biggest decade: 1950s; 30.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 15.1%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 182; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1950s — 30.7% of all recorded uses (77).

Is Dorean 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1958 (17)
Years since peak: 67; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 40.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,890; 1958

Spellings of Dorean

Dorean is not the most common spelling — Morgan is, with 36.8% against Dorean's 0.04%.

Morgan36.8%223,626
Jordan22.3%135,599
Dora17.4%105,930
Doreen7.6%46,431
Noreen3.3%20,108
Loren2.1%12,841
Dorene1.3%7,925
Dream1.3%7,771

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.

Dorean by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,890; 1958
Peak year: 1958; 17 that year
First recorded: 1921
Last recorded: 1999
All-time count: 251
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,965; 2003
Peak year: 2003; 12 that year
First recorded: 1989
Last recorded: 2013
All-time count: 90
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Dorean

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

Dorina Dorcus Doryce Dorann Dorsie Dorsa Dorise Doreena Dorthie Doraine Dorette Dorlis Dorlean Dorrine Dorita Dorena Dorice Doriann Doria Dorreen Dorsey Doriana Doreene Dorri

Sibling names for Dorean

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

For a sister

Gerri Cathie Lizabeth Bonny Laureen Pamala Valorie Ginny

For a brother

Von Curtiss Russ Lonny Nicky Gerry Stan Hayward

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