Dorien
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DOR-ee-an
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Dorien is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “of the Dorians”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Dorien mean?
Greek: spelling of Dorian; from Greek Dorieus
“of the Dorians”
Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) made the name famous.
Meaning borrowed from Dorian. More on Wiktionary.
Is Dorien a girl's or a boy's name?
Dorien is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dorien in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Dorien, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 103 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Dorien in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 564 boys in the US were given Dorien or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #530, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
- Dorian 557
- Dorien 7
Dorien in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,090 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2011 | 29 | #3,604 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,707 |
| 2009 | 31 | #3,474 |
| 2008 | 37 | #3,101 |
| 2007 | 36 | #3,133 |
| 2006 | 64 | #2,061 |
| 2005 | 76 | #1,739 |
| 2004 | 101 | #1,402 |
| 2003 | 76 | #1,643 |
| 2002 | 71 | #1,657 |
| 2001 | 76 | #1,568 |
| 2000 | 103 | #1,264 |
| 1999 | 35 | #2,506 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 25 | #2,976 |
| 1996 | 24 | #3,016 |
| 1995 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
Names like Dorien
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brayden Declan Keegan Finnegan Aiden Deacon Kayden Finn Ronan Brody Cannon Kian
Other spellings of Dorien
Names related to Dorien
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dorien: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dorien, updated 20 October 2026.