Dorman
Dorman reached its high-water mark in 1928 at number 818, and has been recorded 1,898 times in all. It has not appeared in the national data since 2012. About 530 Dormans are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 71.
Popularity, 1880–2025
boys named Dorman
By the numbers
- Total US births
- 1,898
- Estimated living today
- 530
- Median age today
- 71
- Peak year
- 1928
- Best rank
- 818th
- Rank in 2025
- unranked
- First recorded
- 1908
How old the living Dormans are
born that year still alive today
Of the 1,898 babies given the name since 1908, about 530 are alive — 28 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 1954 and half after.
An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.
Where Dorman is most common
Relative to how many babies each state records, Dorman is most concentrated in Kentucky (8.4×), Texas (7.8×), North Carolina (2.1×).
Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.
Names of 1928
The most popular boys’ names the year Dorman peaked:
Related names
Dorman against another name
Two names on one chart, with the year one overtook the other.
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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.