Dorn
Dorn is a German/Austrian and Dutch/Flemish surname.
Meaning & Origin of Dorn
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dorn is a German/Austrian and Dutch/Flemish surname.
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The Story of Dorn
As a girl name
Dorn first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1964, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1964: 7 births, good for #5,474 nationwide. Dorn last appeared in the published SSA data in 1968, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 12 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Dorn on the record books as a boy name in 1921, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1957, when 11 Dorns were born — ranking #2,496 that year. About 28% of every Dorn on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Dorn last appeared in the published SSA data in 1975, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 225 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Notable people named Dorn
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Amanda Dorn , Australian politician
- Angela Dorn-Rancke , née Dorn , German politician
- August T. Dorn (1849–1923), American politician
- David Dorn (1942–2020), African-American retired police chief murdered after interrupting a burglary
- Dieter Dorn (born 1935), German theatre director
- Dolores Dorn (1934–2019), American film actor
- Edward John Dorn (1854–1937), United States naval officer and Governor of Guam
- Ed Dorn (1929–1999), American poet
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Names that sound like Dorn
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About the name Dorn
Dorn is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1921 and has accumulated 225 births in the dataset. Dorn's peak popularity came in 1957 when it ranked #2,496. Use the chart and map above to compare Dorn's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.