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Dora: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 75 in 2025. Its best rank was #46 in 1881.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #46 in 1881; #2,388 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Dora in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,388 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1881, at #46.
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Dora: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 75 girls in 2025. Peak: #46 in 1881 · most girls in one year: 2,026 (1921).
In 2025, 75 US girls were named Dora, making it the 2,388th most common girls’ name of the year, up 201 places from #2,589 in 2024. That is 7 more than the 68 girls named Dora in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #46, reached in 1881. The most girls given the name in a single year was 2,026, in 1921. For comparison, it was #1,973 in 2015 and #252 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Dora in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 530 babies with the name. In all, 106,480 US babies have been given the name, 99% of them girls and 0.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 18,441 babies named Dora.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 825 US girls were named Dora; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 111. In 2025 that was about 1 in 21,430 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Dora ranked highest in New York in 2025, at #1,101 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Dara (14,547 babies since 1880), Adora (2,373 babies since 1880) and Dorathy (1,928 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Doria, Teodora and Dorethea are summarised on this page.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, Italian and Latvian. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Doria (1,331), Teodora (1,323), Dorethea (1,035), Dorina (968), Dura (245), Dorah (23), Durah (6), Dorra (5), Dorae (5), Doray (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 48 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 13 | #1,101 | #1,086 |
| California | 14 | #1,601 | #938 |
| Texas | 5 | #3,427 | #1,645 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 75 | #2,388 | — | — |
| 2024 | 68 | #2,589 | — | — |
| 2023 | 68 | #2,595 | — | — |
| 2022 | 71 | #2,511 | — | — |
| 2021 | 82 | #2,254 | — | — |
| 2020 | 73 | #2,399 | — | — |
| 2019 | 102 | #1,935 | — | — |
| 2018 | 75 | #2,408 | — | — |
| 2017 | 100 | #1,978 | — | — |
| 2016 | 111 | #1,857 | — | — |
| 2015 | 101 | #1,973 | — | — |
| 2014 | 88 | #2,156 | — | — |
| 2013 | 78 | #2,351 | — | — |
| 2012 | 93 | #2,068 | — | — |
| 2011 | 88 | #2,161 | — | — |
| 2010 | 83 | #2,300 | — | — |
| 2009 | 102 | #2,021 | — | — |
| 2008 | 93 | #2,161 | — | — |
| 2007 | 100 | #2,043 | — | — |
| 2006 | 142 | #1,541 | — | — |
| 2005 | 155 | #1,391 | — | — |
| 2004 | 165 | #1,298 | — | — |
| 2003 | 169 | #1,243 | — | — |
| 2002 | 164 | #1,224 | — | — |
| 2001 | 166 | #1,219 | — | — |
| 2000 | 128 | #1,435 | — | — |
| 1999 | 166 | #1,171 | — | — |
| 1998 | 147 | #1,239 | — | — |
| 1997 | 170 | #1,108 | — | — |
| 1996 | 173 | #1,072 | — | — |
| 1995 | 167 | #1,068 | — | — |
| 1994 | 161 | #1,118 | — | — |
| 1993 | 167 | #1,085 | — | — |
| 1992 | 197 | #970 | — | — |
| 1991 | 194 | #970 | — | — |
| 1990 | 192 | #972 | — | — |
| 1989 | 195 | #923 | — | — |
| 1988 | 215 | #839 | — | — |
| 1987 | 210 | #832 | — | — |
| 1986 | 196 | #848 | — | — |
| 1985 | 232 | #746 | — | — |
| 1984 | 234 | #709 | 5 | #6,592 |
| 1983 | 238 | #712 | — | — |
| 1982 | 273 | #654 | — | — |
| 1981 | 284 | #629 | — | — |
| 1980 | 301 | #610 | — | — |
| 1979 | 294 | #606 | — | — |
| 1978 | 296 | #580 | 7 | #4,674 |
| 1977 | 296 | #584 | — | — |
| 1976 | 400 | #471 | 5 | #5,840 |
| 1975 | 407 | #464 | 6 | #4,979 |
| 1974 | 392 | #458 | — | — |
| 1973 | 385 | #471 | — | — |
| 1972 | 456 | #422 | — | — |
| 1971 | 478 | #439 | — | — |
| 1970 | 537 | #418 | — | — |
| 1969 | 519 | #425 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1968 | 547 | #393 | 6 | #3,813 |
| 1967 | 596 | #372 | 7 | #3,339 |
| 1966 | 663 | #350 | — | — |
| 1965 | 724 | #335 | — | — |
| 1964 | 882 | #313 | — | — |
| 1963 | 853 | #322 | — | — |
| 1962 | 841 | #323 | — | — |
| 1961 | 868 | #319 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1960 | 925 | #308 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1959 | 896 | #306 | 6 | #3,708 |
| 1958 | 861 | #308 | 6 | #3,642 |
| 1957 | 954 | #294 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 1956 | 991 | #274 | — | — |
| 1955 | 910 | #286 | — | — |
| 1954 | 905 | #283 | — | — |
| 1953 | 918 | #271 | 6 | #3,525 |
| 1952 | 926 | #260 | 6 | #3,464 |
| 1951 | 1,028 | #242 | 6 | #3,443 |
| 1950 | 896 | #252 | — | — |
| 1949 | 924 | #248 | 5 | #3,828 |
| 1948 | 1,023 | #233 | 6 | #3,402 |
| 1947 | 1,041 | #231 | 6 | #3,459 |
| 1946 | 943 | #234 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 1945 | 882 | #216 | — | — |
| 1944 | 923 | #214 | — | — |
| 1943 | 1,022 | #205 | — | — |
| 1942 | 969 | #210 | 9 | #2,572 |
| 1941 | 951 | #197 | 9 | #2,528 |
| 1940 | 1,039 | #181 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1939 | 1,045 | #182 | 5 | #3,620 |
| 1938 | 1,134 | #177 | 8 | #2,697 |
| 1937 | 1,086 | #183 | 7 | #2,986 |
| 1936 | 1,163 | #168 | 9 | #2,493 |
| 1935 | 1,169 | #168 | 8 | #2,765 |
| 1934 | 1,252 | #159 | 11 | #2,301 |
| 1933 | 1,242 | #151 | 11 | #2,257 |
| 1932 | 1,434 | #143 | 16 | #1,865 |
| 1931 | 1,364 | #144 | 8 | #2,912 |
| 1930 | 1,498 | #142 | 13 | #2,211 |
| 1929 | 1,585 | #141 | 13 | #2,235 |
| 1928 | 1,640 | #144 | 15 | #2,072 |
| 1927 | 1,789 | #140 | 14 | #2,221 |
| 1926 | 1,774 | #140 | 17 | #1,925 |
| 1925 | 1,945 | #136 | 7 | #3,496 |
| 1924 | 2,000 | #139 | 6 | #3,999 |
| 1923 | 1,904 | #136 | 11 | #2,662 |
| 1922 | 1,807 | #138 | 11 | #2,674 |
| 1921 | 2,026 | #130 | 5 | #4,511 |
| 1920 | 1,865 | #133 | 7 | #3,573 |
| 1919 | 1,835 | #127 | 10 | #2,722 |
| 1918 | 1,738 | #136 | 7 | #3,460 |
| 1917 | 1,740 | #125 | 15 | #2,008 |
| 1916 | 1,725 | #124 | 11 | #2,419 |
| 1915 | 1,666 | #122 | 6 | #3,507 |
| 1914 | 1,343 | #121 | 7 | #2,722 |
| 1913 | 1,183 | #109 | 9 | #1,983 |
| 1912 | 1,061 | #110 | — | — |
| 1911 | 888 | #104 | — | — |
| 1910 | 833 | #103 | 5 | #1,657 |
| 1909 | 829 | #95 | — | — |
| 1908 | 806 | #93 | 5 | #1,435 |
| 1907 | 786 | #94 | 6 | #1,233 |
| 1906 | 761 | #91 | 7 | #1,038 |
| 1905 | 757 | #89 | — | — |
| 1904 | 788 | #82 | 6 | #1,098 |
| 1903 | 778 | #81 | 6 | #1,041 |
| 1902 | 780 | #82 | — | — |
| 1901 | 768 | #79 | — | — |
| 1900 | 958 | #79 | 5 | #1,361 |
| 1899 | 718 | #79 | 16 | #488 |
| 1898 | 929 | #68 | 9 | #759 |
| 1897 | 862 | #69 | 5 | #1,105 |
| 1896 | 874 | #68 | 5 | #1,137 |
| 1895 | 884 | #68 | — | — |
| 1894 | 827 | #69 | — | — |
| 1893 | 877 | #65 | — | — |
| 1892 | 960 | #61 | — | — |
| 1891 | 870 | #58 | 5 | #1,008 |
| 1890 | 883 | #62 | 7 | #829 |
| 1889 | 882 | #59 | 9 | #686 |
| 1888 | 898 | #54 | 6 | #953 |
| 1887 | 842 | #48 | 5 | #969 |
| 1886 | 827 | #49 | — | — |
| 1885 | 776 | #49 | — | — |
| 1884 | 720 | #51 | 6 | #880 |
| 1883 | 640 | #51 | 9 | #658 |
| 1882 | 594 | #51 | 12 | #549 |
| 1881 | 585 | #46 | — | — |
| 1880 | 524 | #51 | 6 | #843 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).