Girls' name · since 1940
Dorann
Dorann has 170 recorded births since 1940 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1957 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,469 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 170
- born since 1940
- 1950s
- peak decade
Dorann is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 170 have been recorded since 1940.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dorann has been recorded 170 times among girls since 1940, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1940 to 1971.
- #21,469 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 170 born since 1940
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dorann ranks #21,469 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 170 born since 1940, peaking in the 1950s.
- #21,469 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 170
- born since 1940
- 1950s
- peak decade
Dorann's 170 recorded births place it above 70.25% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dorann's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dorann's full recorded timeline at 1953, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1944, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1957 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dorann popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1940–1971
- Peak year (1957)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Dorann by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (80 births, 47% of the file).
1950s was Dorann's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Dorann births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
53 births
- 1950s
1950s
80 births
- 1960s 25
1960s
25 births
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 80 births (47% of all-time use).
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What to do with Dorann's data
- Dorann's decade-level peak was the 1950s (80 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dorann: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1957)
Similar record span (~31 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1940–1971 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dorann draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.