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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1919

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

See the 98 recorded years as a table

Dorian, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1919	6
1920	5
1921	5
1924	5
1925	4
1926	6
1928	6
1929	6
1932	7
1935	5
1936	5
1937	5
1938	5
1939	6
1940	5
1941	4
1944	4
1945	13
1946	10
1947	17
1948	21
1949	20
1950	22
1951	19
1952	20
1953	30
1954	25
1955	26
1956	21
1957	31
1958	31
1959	40
1960	44
1961	30
1962	43
1963	28
1964	26
1965	19
1966	18
1967	15
1968	21
1969	21
1970	25
1971	24
1972	24
1973	68
1974	75
1975	47
1976	47
1977	54
1978	58
1979	48
1980	57
1981	47
1982	61
1983	75
1984	65
1985	44
1986	48
1987	56
1988	42
1989	34
1990	33
1991	38
1992	46
1993	51
1994	52
1995	52
1996	47
1997	47
1998	58
1999	55
2000	35
2001	42
2002	36
2003	33
2004	36
2005	25
2006	23
2007	22
2008	23
2009	16
2010	17
2011	12
2012	12
2013	14
2014	11
2015	13
2016	14
2017	7
2018	12
2019	9
2020	11
2021	11
2022	9
2023	8
2024	3
2025	4

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dorian 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 7
Rank in 2025: #11,932
How rare: 1 in 229,609 girls
Since 1919: 4,541

Most popular in 1974, at 75 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 66% per million girls born.

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