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How popular is the name Dorian?
Births per year, rank history and how many Dorians are alive today.
Dorian (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 745th in 2025 with 46 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2012, when 66 babies were given the name, the 549th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 1018 in 2023 before climbing back to the 745th place it holds today. Numbers have been falling in recent years.
The Dorian you are most likely to meet is around 11 years old. Half of all Dorians born in England and Wales are between 7 and 16, and there are at least 1,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Dorian - on average, only one in every 303 such rooms contains a Dorian.
How many babies are named Dorian each year?
Where does Dorian rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Dorian most popular?
Dorian peaked in 2012, when 66 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Dorian?
At least 1,000 people named Dorian born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Dorian?
Most living Dorians are between 7 and 16; the most common age is about 11.
Is Dorian becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.