Boy

Dorman

Meaning not yet researched.

2025 rank
—
under 5 boys
Peak
#821
in 1928
1950
#1,345
rank

Dorman: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #821 in 1928.

US births per year · SSA card applications

Fewer than five US boys were given it in 2025. It peaked at #821 in 1928. No US babies were recorded with the name Dorman in 2025.

Baby name · US data 1880–2025

Given to fewer than five US boys in 2025; it peaked at #821 in 1928.

Babies in 2025
0
Since 1880
1,898
Years on record
73

Babies named Dorman, every year since 1880

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Boys

Dorman: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 boys in 2025. Peak: #821 in 1928 · most boys in one year: 64 (1928).

About the name Dorman

Fewer than five US boys were named Dorman in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #821, reached in 1928. That year also had the most boys given the name: 64. For comparison, it was unranked (under five boys) in 2015 and #1,345 in 1950.

Social Security card records list Dorman in 73 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1908 with 5 babies. In all, 1,898 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 503 babies named Dorman.

In none of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025 were five or more US boys named Dorman.

Rarer spellings such as Dormon are summarised on this page.

Meaning

Meaning not yet researched.

We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.

Related spellings

No related spellings pass our data threshold.

Rare spellings summarised here: Dormon (7).

Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.

Nicknames

No nicknames listed for Dorman in the open dataset we use.

Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).

Rank by year

Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.

CSV
YearGirlsGirls rankBoysBoys rank
2012——5#12,772
2008——5#13,055
1989——5#8,243
1987——7#5,661
1986——6#6,151
1980——8#4,615
1979——8#4,530
1977——14#2,948
1975——7#4,459
1974——9#3,641
1973——8#3,794
1972——6#4,590
1971——9#3,440
1970——9#3,353
1969——13#2,456
1968——6#3,814
1967——12#2,391
1966——11#2,515
1965——9#2,845
1964——17#1,995
1963——8#3,122
1962——8#3,115
1961——16#2,085
1960——16#2,060
1959——17#1,995
1958——17#1,971
1957——18#1,906
1956——19#1,847
1955——21#1,695
1954——19#1,779
1953——32#1,339
1952——19#1,764
1951——22#1,611
1950——29#1,345
1949——25#1,471
1948——26#1,436
1947——22#1,614
1946——33#1,220
1945——40#1,010
1944——20#1,542
1943——21#1,542
1942——26#1,365
1941——35#1,115
1940——36#1,096
1939——36#1,072
1938——46#928
1937——48#899
1936——39#1,017
1935——53#860
1934——38#1,065
1933——39#1,035
1932——46#969
1931——42#1,038
1930——59#857
1929——44#1,031
1928——64#821
1927——56#912
1926——48#995
1925——47#999
1924——54#952
1923——51#964
1922——48#1,028
1921——46#1,033
1920——45#1,038
1919——35#1,195
1918——44#1,016
1917——36#1,121
1916——32#1,163
1915——24#1,379
1914——23#1,234
1913——19#1,179
1912——12#1,442
1908——5#1,436

About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).