Dorian

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Dorian: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Dorian: Recorded since 1996, it reached #322 in 2010, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
49times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#322highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1458
1997	#1454
1999	#1850
2000	#1889
2001	#1202
2002	#1651
2003	#1962
2004	#1878
2005	#1716
2006	#1347
2007	#1079
2008	#712
2009	#809
2010	#584
2011	#652
2012	#549
2013	#788
2014	#616
2015	#612
2016	#597
2017	#661
2018	#629
2019	#844
2020	#668
2021	#729
2022	#825
2023	#1018
2024	#898

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #655 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #898 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1458 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2005–2025
Highest recorded position: #322 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2010 (recorded 2005–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Dorian appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 921 births with the name.

Dorian across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Dorian's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1458 (1996)	#549 (2012)	#898 (2024)	28 of 29	921 (1996–2024)	66 (2012)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#518 (2005)	#322 (2010)	#829 (2025)	18 of 21	120 (2005–2025)	13 (2010)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#398 (2014)	#352 (2022)	#352 (2022)	3 of 9	10 (2014–2022)	4 (2022)

Dorian by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Dorian in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	22	3 of 10	7
2000s	164	10 of 10	16
2010sbusiest	535	10 of 10	54
2020s	200	5 of 10	40

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 54 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2012 and 2013, when recorded births fell by 27, from 66 to 39.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Dorian appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #322 in Republic of Ireland in 2010.

Dorian's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#898	35	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1018	29	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#825	38	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#729	47	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#668	51	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#844	36	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#629	57	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#661	53	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#597	60	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#612	60	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#616	56	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#788	39	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#549	66	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#652	50	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#584	58	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#809	35	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#712	41	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1079	22	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1347	15	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1962	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1651	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1202	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1454	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1458	8	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#352	4	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#433	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#655	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#362	10	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#564	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#495	6	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#355	11	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#428	8	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#383	10	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#430	8	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#435	8	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	13	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #322, first reached in 2010.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 66 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, and 18 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Doris · #173, 58y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Armaan · #322, 29y
Asa · #321, 30y
Cassian · #323, 27y
Corrina · #321, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aadam · #322, 29y
Armaan · #322, 29y
Reiss · #322, 29y
Aarron · #323, 19y

Dorian was ranked #322 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2010. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Dorian and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Dorian without appearing here.

Dorian moved ahead of

Ole Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1962 and #1771 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1878 and #3651.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1347 and #1224 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1079 and #2435.
Brent Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1716 and #1095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1347 and #2538.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1962 and #1962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1716 and #2754.

Moved ahead of Dorian

Hudson Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1651 and #2005 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1962 and #1092.
Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1202 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1651 and #848.
Ezra Compare
In 2015 they stood at #355 and #459 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2016 that had become #491 and #237.
Kasper Compare
In 2012 they stood at #549 and #592 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #788 and #560.

Moved the opposite way to Dorian

Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Dorian went from #1458 to #825 while Brent went from #898 to #3449.
Tor Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Dorian went from #1458 to #825 while Tor went from #2020 to #3449.
Brooke Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Dorian went from #1458 to #668 while Brooke went from #2357 to #4608.
Ole Compare
Between 1999 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Dorian went from #1850 to #825 while Ole went from #1383 to #4789.

Moved the same way as Dorian

Arlo Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dorian went from #1850 to #898 and Arlo from #2943 to #15.
Harper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dorian went from #1850 to #898 and Harper from #2425 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dorian went from #1850 to #898 and Kasper from #2425 to #529.
Rune Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dorian went from #1850 to #898 and Rune from #2943 to #1460.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #322 in Republic of Ireland in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Dorian

Dorian at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dorian across 3 official records

Dorian by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Dorian appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Dorian

Dorian and the names beside it

Dorian moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Dorian

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Moved the same way as Dorian

Dorian at a glance

Dorian across 3 official records

Dorian by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Dorian appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Dorian

Dorian and the names beside it

Dorian moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Dorian

Moved the opposite way to Dorian

Moved the same way as Dorian