girls:
7 births since 1964
#5709 (0th percentile)
boys:
40 births since 1968
#4546 (1st percentile)
overall:
47 births since 1964
#7692 (1st percentile)
The name Dorain is the #7,692 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 47 recorded births since 1964. This represents the 0.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,546 (0.8% percentile) for all time with 40 births since 1968. For girls, it ranks #5,709 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 7 births since 1964.
Dorain first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1964 (1964 for girls and 1968 for boys). Birth data for Dorain is available in 8 out of the 34 years between 1964 and 1997 (7 years for boys and 1 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Dorain has been given predominantly to boys, with 85.1% of all recorded births being male. In 1997, 100.0% of babies named Dorain were boys. Interestingly, until around 1969, the name was more popular for girls (58.3% girls from 1964 to 1968), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1969 to 1997).
For boys, Dorain reached its peak popularity in 1974, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #650) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1974, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1997.
For girls, Dorain reached its peak popularity in 1964, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #782) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1964, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1964.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dorain".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Dorain. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 44.7% confident that Dorain is pronounced as daw-RAYN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DAW-rayn, at 34.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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