Doran
Boy · DOR-un · Irish
Doran is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “exile, stranger”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Doran mean?
Irish: from the Irish surname Ó Deoráin
“exile, stranger”
- Say it
- DOR-un
Is Doran a girl's or a boy's name?
Doran is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Doran in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Doran, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1954, with 50 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
2025 had more boys named Doran than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Doran in the US since 1880 were born between 1945 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1989, 17% of the babies named Doran in the US were girls.
Doran in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 24 | #3,731 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 26 | #3,344 |
| 2001 | 21 | #3,837 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 25 | #3,178 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 21 | #3,346 |
| 1996 | 20 | #3,400 |
| 1995 | 40 | #2,050 |
| 1994 | 24 | #2,946 |
| 1993 | 27 | #2,635 |
| 1992 | 24 | #2,828 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 24 | #2,689 |
| 1989 | 25 | #2,539 |
| 1988 | 26 | #2,300 |
| 1987 | 20 | #2,637 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,708 |
| 1984 | 23 | #2,231 |
| 1983 | 24 | #2,139 |
| 1982 | 19 | #2,517 |
| 1981 | 24 | #2,137 |
| 1980 | 21 | #2,366 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,567 |
| 1978 | 22 | #2,134 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,555 |
| 1976 | 22 | #2,112 |
| 1975 | 24 | #1,947 |
| 1974 | 28 | #1,692 |
| 1973 | 31 | #1,548 |
| 1972 | 28 | #1,648 |
| 1971 | 43 | #1,272 |
| 1970 | 36 | #1,395 |
| 1969 | 28 | #1,526 |
| 1968 | 29 | #1,454 |
| 1967 | 39 | #1,197 |
| 1966 | 30 | #1,400 |
| 1965 | 44 | #1,129 |
| 1964 | 45 | #1,146 |
| 1963 | 48 | #1,099 |
| 1962 | 41 | #1,214 |
| 1961 | 45 | #1,178 |
| 1960 | 24 | #1,657 |
| 1959 | 38 | #1,264 |
| 1958 | 39 | #1,236 |
| 1957 | 36 | #1,299 |
| 1956 | 45 | #1,128 |
| 1955 | 49 | #1,074 |
| 1954 | 50 | #1,051 |
| 1953 | 39 | #1,188 |
| 1952 | 41 | #1,151 |
| 1951 | 34 | #1,260 |
| 1950 | 39 | #1,138 |
| 1949 | 28 | #1,379 |
| 1948 | 28 | #1,377 |
| 1947 | 32 | #1,296 |
| 1946 | 41 | #1,075 |
| 1945 | 27 | #1,269 |
| 1944 | 15 | #1,809 |
| 1943 | 15 | #1,909 |
| 1942 | 25 | #1,381 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,588 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,573 |
| 1939 | 16 | #1,712 |
| 1938 | 19 | #1,559 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,627 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,639 |
| 1935 | 25 | #1,354 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,551 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,540 |
| 1932 | 25 | #1,387 |
| 1931 | 35 | #1,145 |
| 1930 | 29 | #1,330 |
| 1929 | 22 | #1,564 |
| 1928 | 21 | #1,647 |
| 1927 | 26 | #1,468 |
| 1926 | 20 | #1,720 |
| 1925 | 22 | #1,628 |
| 1924 | 21 | #1,727 |
| 1923 | 25 | #1,502 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,695 |
| 1921 | 19 | #1,828 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,458 |
| 1919 | 24 | #1,480 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,072 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,814 |
| 1916 | 23 | #1,458 |
| 1915 | 14 | #1,967 |
| 1914 | 12 | #1,867 |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,440 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
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