Doran — #8337 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Doran

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,646 babies named Doran between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Doran currently holds the #8337 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 50 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Doran performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 410 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Doran shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 80 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Iowa and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Doran in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Doran in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,646 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.