Dorwin · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Dorwin.

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Its story

Popularity since 1913

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 41 recorded years as a table

Dorwin, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1913	10
1914	17
1915	21
1916	10
1917	16
1918	13
1919	9
1920	21
1921	17
1922	15
1923	16
1924	10
1925	9
1926	13
1927	5
1928	16
1929	16
1930	10
1931	7
1932	11
1933	13
1934	12
1935	12
1936	8
1937	8
1938	7
1939	9
1940	8
1941	4
1942	9
1943	5
1944	7
1945	7
1946	4
1948	3
1954	3
1958	3
1959	2
1964	3
1965	3
1971	5

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dorwin isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1971: 9
Rank in 1971: #3,370
How rare: 1 in 196,494 boys
Since 1913: 432

Dorwin was last recorded in 1971. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1915, at 21 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Dorwin doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.