Dorlan — boys' name
46 babies named Dorlan in U.S. Social Security records since 1927, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
63% of everyone ever named Dorlan was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Dorlan in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dorlan
The Social Security Administration has registered 46 babies named Dorlan between 1927 and 2020, spanning 94 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dorlan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dorlan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Dorlan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dorlan 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 46 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.
Dorlan at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dorlan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1927
- Peak year (2016)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 94 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
46 total births across 94 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 12 births in a single year.
Dorlan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 29 births that decade — 63% of Dorlan's all-time total
Dorlan decade highlights
- Peak decade 29 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Dorlan's strongest decade
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1927–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.