Dorman
Dorman is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 821st, in 1928.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192864 births
- Best rank
- #821in 1928
- Since 1908
- 1,898people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,898 boys have been named Dorman in the United States since 1908, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1928, with 64 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 64 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1934, and the 1920s alone account for 27%. It has spent 11 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Dorman | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 225 | |
| 1920s | 503 | |
| 1930s | 446 | |
| 1940s | 284 | |
| 1950s | 213 | |
| 1960s | 116 | |
| 1970s | 70 | |
| 1980s | 26 | |
| 2000s | 5 | |
| 2010s | 5 |
In 1928, its biggest year
Dorman was the 821st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1928 were Robert, John, James, William and Charles. See all of 1928.
Names that rose and fell with Dorman
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Thurmonpeak 1930
- Lavernpeak 1924
- Hoylepeak 1925
- Durwoodpeak 1943
- Laddiepeak 1919
- Verlinpeak 1929
- Doyalpeak 1929
- Verlepeak 1920
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.