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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Doran” in the USA?

Number of people named “Doran” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Doran” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Doran” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Doran” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Doran” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Doran” by birth year

This chart shows how “Doran” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1912 6 0.000006072 6 -100%
1913 14 0.000012312 14 -100%
1914 12 0.000008473 12 -100%
1915 14 0.00000764 14 -100%
1916 23 0.00001189 23 -100%
1917 17 0.000008471 17 -100%
1918 15 0.000006909 15 -100%
1919 24 0.000011373 24 -100%
1920 12 0.000005304 12 -100%
1921 19 0.000008139 19 -100%
1922 21 0.000009174 21 -100%
1923 25 0.000010858 25 -100%
1924 21 0.000008818 21 -100%
1925 22 0.000009429 22 -100%
1926 20 0.000008711 20 -100%
1927 26 0.00001121 26 -100%
1928 21 0.000009288 21 -100%
1929 22 0.000010036 22 -100%
1930 29 0.000013044 29 -100%
1931 35 0.000016632 35 -100%
1932 25 0.000011841 25 -100%
1933 20 0.000010003 20 -100%
1934 20 0.00000963 20 -100%
1935 25 0.000011962 25 -100%
1936 17 0.000008183 17 -100%
1937 18 0.000008448 18 -100%
1938 19 0.000008587 19 -100%
1939 16 0.000007261 16 -100%
1940 19 0.000008251 19 -100%
1941 19 0.000007798 19 -100%
1942 25 0.000009151 25 -100%
1943 15 0.000005314 15 -100%
1944 15 0.000005576 15 -100%
1945 27 0.000010178 27 -100%
1946 41 0.000012831 41 -100%
1947 37 0.000010271 5 32 -73%
1948 28 0.00000811 28 -100%
1949 28 0.000008035 28 -100%
1950 39 0.000011132 39 -100%
1951 34 0.00000923 34 -100%
1952 41 0.000010795 41 -100%
1953 39 0.00001012 39 -100%
1954 50 0.000012561 50 -100%
1955 49 0.000012204 49 -100%
1956 53 0.000012855 8 45 -70%
1957 41 0.000009757 5 36 -76%
1958 45 0.000010886 6 39 -73%
1959 38 0.000009139 38 -100%
1960 29 0.000006982 5 24 -66%
1961 45 0.000010864 45 -100%
1962 41 0.00001016 41 -100%
1963 48 0.000012127 48 -100%
1964 45 0.000011575 45 -100%
1965 44 0.000012136 44 -100%
1966 30 0.000008631 30 -100%
1967 39 0.000011488 39 -100%
1968 29 0.000008584 29 -100%
1969 33 0.000009496 5 28 -70%
1970 36 0.000009982 36 -100%
1971 43 0.000012528 43 -100%
1972 28 0.000008909 28 -100%
1973 31 0.000010275 31 -100%
1974 28 0.000009211 28 -100%
1975 24 0.000007949 24 -100%
1976 22 0.00000725 22 -100%
1977 17 0.000005352 17 -100%
1978 22 0.000006932 22 -100%
1979 23 0.000006913 5 18 -57%
1980 21 0.000006097 21 -100%
1981 24 0.000006938 24 -100%
1982 19 0.000005416 19 -100%
1983 30 0.000008662 6 24 -60%
1984 28 0.000008026 5 23 -64%
1985 18 0.000005043 18 -100%
1986 14 0.000003936 14 -100%
1987 20 0.000005547 20 -100%
1988 26 0.000007036 26 -100%
1989 30 0.000007803 5 25 -67%
1990 24 0.000006072 24 -100%
1991 17 0.000004364 17 -100%
1992 24 0.000006248 24 -100%
1993 27 0.000007161 27 -100%
1994 24 0.000006456 24 -100%
1995 40 0.000010923 40 -100%
1996 20 0.000005484 20 -100%
1997 21 0.000005792 21 -100%
1998 17 0.000004622 17 -100%
1999 25 0.000006768 25 -100%
2000 21 0.000005556 21 -100%
2001 21 0.00000561 21 -100%
2002 26 0.000006955 26 -100%
2003 20 0.00000526 20 -100%
2004 24 0.000006281 24 -100%
2005 21 0.000005462 21 -100%
2006 12 0.000003033 12 -100%
2007 14 0.000003502 14 -100%
2008 17 0.000004325 17 -100%
2009 8 0.000002094 8 -100%
2010 16 0.000004329 16 -100%
2011 11 0.000003007 11 -100%
2012 14 0.000003828 14 -100%
2013 15 0.000004114 15 -100%
2014 13 0.000003507 13 -100%
2015 7 0.000001891 7 -100%
2016 14 0.000003816 14 -100%
2017 11 0.000003076 11 -100%
2018 7 0.000001991 7 -100%
2019 8 0.000002305 8 -100%
2020 7 0.000002095 7 -100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 -100%
2022 7 0.000002069 7 -100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 -100%
2024 9 0.000002704 9 -100%

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