Dora
Dora is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 67 births. Its best rank was 46th, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 670.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19212,026 births
- Best rank
- #46in 1881
- Since 1880
- 105,849people given the name
The story in the numbers
105,849 girls have been named Dora in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 2,026 births — 0.16% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 67 births in 2024, against 2,026 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1927, and the 1920s alone account for 17%. It has spent 113 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 30 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Dora | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7,288 | |
| 1890s | 8,684 | |
| 1900s | 8,011 | |
| 1910s | 14,012 | |
| 1920s | 18,334 | |
| 1930s | 12,387 | |
| 1940s | 9,717 | |
| 1950s | 9,285 | |
| 1960s | 7,418 | |
| 1970s | 3,941 | |
| 1980s | 2,378 | |
| 1990s | 1,734 | |
| 2000s | 1,381 | |
| 2010s | 918 | |
| 2020s | 361 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Dora was the 130th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1921 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Dora
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Dellapeak 1917
- Edapeak 1916
- Lurapeak 1917
- Idapeak 1918
- Lulapeak 1921
- Vinapeak 1920
- Nelliepeak 1918
- Linniepeak 1921
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.