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Dorin

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From Romanian Dorin; literal meaning unconfirmed

Dorin has been given to 165 babies in the U.S. since 1947. 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 1988, with 8 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 87% boys, 13% girls all-time.

Babies named Dorin, 2015

1 in 740,000

Dorin over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Dorin over time

In 2015, Dorin went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19472015

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.

Dorin: meaning, origin, and history

From Romanian Dorin; literal meaning unconfirmed

Romanian

What Dorin means

Dorin is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Dorin is used in English and Romanian. Its origins include Romanian.

Dorin comes through Romanian Dorin.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Dorin is pronounced /dɔɹɪn/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 144 boys were recorded with the name Dorin between 1947 and 2015. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1988; its best national rank was #3,631 in 1966.

In the United States, 21 girls were recorded with the name Dorin between 1958 and 2005. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1958; its best national rank was #5,593 in 1958.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Dorin?

Dorin had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2015, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2015
1 in 740,000
5 of 3,701,574 births
Among boys only
1 in 383,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2015
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
513,148 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Dorin 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 2015 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 513,148 children born in 2015 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dorin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Dorins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Dorin was born before 1983 — so the typical Dorin is around 42 today.

Median birth year
1983
About 42 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
18.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
34.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
134
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1980s — 18.1% of all recorded uses (26).

Is Dorin 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1988 (8)
Years since peak
37
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,631
1966

Spellings of Dorin

Dorin is not the most common spelling — Don is, with 16.1% against Dorin's 0.01%.

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.

Dorin around the world

Where Dorin 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.

  • France
    2012–2016
    #6,683
    in 2016

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Dorin by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#3,631
1966
Peak year
1988
8 that year
First recorded
1947
Last recorded
2015
All-time count
144
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#5,593
1958
Peak year
1958
6 that year
First recorded
1958
Last recorded
2005
All-time count
21
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Dorin

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

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Sibling names for Dorin

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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