Dorn
UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Dorn has been given to 237 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 1957, with 11 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 95% boys, 5% girls all-time.
Babies named Dorn, 1975
1 in 604,000
Dorn over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Dorn over time
In 1975, Dorn went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
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.
How common is Dorn?
Dorn had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1975, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1975
- 1 in 604,000
- 5 of 3,019,126 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 312,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 1975
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 418,541 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Dorn sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1975 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 418,541 children born in 1975 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dorn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Dorns were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Dorn was born before 1953 — so the typical Dorn is around 72 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1950s
- 28.4% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 57.3%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 134
- People you could plausibly meet
1950s — 28.4% of all recorded uses (64).
Is Dorn 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 1957 (11)
- Years since peak
- 68
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 40.1% average annual change
Spellings of Dorn
Dorn is not the most common spelling — John is, with 80.3% against Dorn'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.
Dorn around the world
Where Dorn 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.
- South Australia1944–1944#345in 1944
Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Dorn by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Dorn
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Dorn
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.