Dora
Rank in 2025
#2387
recorded as girls
Up 198 since 2024
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
75
girls 75
Peak year
1881
585 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
106,480
since 1880
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Dora was most popular in 1881, when 585 babies recorded as girls got the name (6.4 per 1,000). In 2025, 75 babies were named Dora, ranking #2387 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 75 | 2387 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 68 | 2585 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 68 | 2588 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 71 | 2510 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 82 | 2251 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 73 | 2394 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 102 | 1933 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 75 | 2404 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 100 | 1976 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 111 | 1857 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 101 | 1972 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 88 | 2154 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 78 | 2344 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 93 | 2064 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 88 | 2156 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 83 | 2296 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 102 | 2016 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 93 | 2157 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 100 | 2034 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 142 | 1539 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 155 | 1389 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 165 | 1294 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 169 | 1242 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 164 | 1224 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 166 | 1218 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 128 | 1431 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 166 | 1169 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 147 | 1236 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 170 | 1105 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 173 | 1071 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 167 | 1067 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 161 | 1115 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 167 | 1085 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 197 | 969 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 194 | 967 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 192 | 971 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 195 | 922 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 215 | 837 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 210 | 829 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 196 | 848 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 232 | 745 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 234 | 709 | 5 | 6315 |
| 1983 | 238 | 712 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 273 | 653 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 284 | 629 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 301 | 609 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 294 | 606 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 296 | 579 | 7 | 4554 |
| 1977 | 296 | 584 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 400 | 471 | 5 | 5587 |
| 1975 | 407 | 464 | 6 | 4797 |
| 1974 | 392 | 458 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 385 | 471 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 456 | 422 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 478 | 438 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 537 | 418 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 519 | 425 | 5 | 4404 |
| 1968 | 547 | 393 | 6 | 3673 |
| 1967 | 596 | 372 | 7 | 3231 |
| 1966 | 663 | 350 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 724 | 335 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 882 | 313 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 853 | 322 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 841 | 323 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 868 | 319 | 5 | 4065 |
| 1960 | 925 | 308 | 10 | 2685 |
| 1959 | 896 | 306 | 6 | 3619 |
| 1958 | 861 | 308 | 6 | 3559 |
| 1957 | 954 | 294 | 8 | 3024 |
| 1956 | 991 | 274 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 910 | 286 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 905 | 283 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 918 | 271 | 6 | 3425 |
| 1952 | 926 | 260 | 6 | 3373 |
| 1951 | 1,028 | 242 | 6 | 3364 |
| 1950 | 896 | 252 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 924 | 248 | 5 | 3690 |
| 1948 | 1,023 | 232 | 6 | 3316 |
| 1947 | 1,041 | 231 | 6 | 3370 |
| 1946 | 943 | 234 | 5 | 3525 |
| 1945 | 882 | 216 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 923 | 214 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 1,022 | 205 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 969 | 210 | 9 | 2523 |
| 1941 | 951 | 197 | 9 | 2491 |
| 1940 | 1,039 | 181 | 9 | 2478 |
| 1939 | 1,045 | 182 | 5 | 3480 |
| 1938 | 1,134 | 177 | 8 | 2646 |
| 1937 | 1,086 | 183 | 7 | 2905 |
| 1936 | 1,163 | 168 | 9 | 2452 |
| 1935 | 1,169 | 168 | 8 | 2719 |
| 1934 | 1,252 | 159 | 11 | 2266 |
| 1933 | 1,242 | 151 | 11 | 2214 |
| 1932 | 1,434 | 143 | 16 | 1848 |
| 1931 | 1,364 | 144 | 8 | 2864 |
| 1930 | 1,498 | 142 | 13 | 2178 |
| 1929 | 1,585 | 141 | 13 | 2199 |
| 1928 | 1,640 | 144 | 15 | 2048 |
| 1927 | 1,789 | 139 | 14 | 2193 |
| 1926 | 1,774 | 140 | 17 | 1911 |
| 1925 | 1,945 | 136 | 7 | 3408 |
| 1924 | 2,000 | 139 | 6 | 3867 |
| 1923 | 1,904 | 136 | 11 | 2614 |
| 1922 | 1,807 | 138 | 11 | 2630 |
| 1921 | 2,026 | 130 | 5 | 4322 |
| 1920 | 1,865 | 133 | 7 | 3489 |
| 1919 | 1,835 | 127 | 10 | 2665 |
| 1918 | 1,738 | 136 | 7 | 3368 |
| 1917 | 1,740 | 125 | 15 | 1986 |
| 1916 | 1,725 | 124 | 11 | 2389 |
| 1915 | 1,666 | 122 | 6 | 3392 |
| 1914 | 1,343 | 121 | 7 | 2651 |
| 1913 | 1,183 | 109 | 9 | 1945 |
| 1912 | 1,061 | 110 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 888 | 104 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 833 | 103 | 5 | 1589 |
| 1909 | 829 | 95 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 806 | 93 | 5 | 1373 |
| 1907 | 786 | 94 | 6 | 1200 |
| 1906 | 761 | 91 | 7 | 1004 |
| 1905 | 757 | 89 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 788 | 82 | 6 | 1064 |
| 1903 | 778 | 81 | 6 | 1009 |
| 1902 | 780 | 82 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 768 | 79 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 958 | 79 | 5 | 1310 |
| 1899 | 718 | 79 | 16 | 481 |
| 1898 | 929 | 68 | 9 | 744 |
| 1897 | 862 | 69 | 5 | 1057 |
| 1896 | 874 | 68 | 5 | 1101 |
| 1895 | 884 | 68 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 827 | 69 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 877 | 65 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 960 | 61 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 870 | 58 | 5 | 963 |
| 1890 | 883 | 62 | 7 | 814 |
| 1889 | 882 | 59 | 9 | 673 |
| 1888 | 898 | 54 | 6 | 917 |
| 1887 | 842 | 48 | 5 | 921 |
| 1886 | 827 | 49 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 776 | 49 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 720 | 51 | 6 | 848 |
| 1883 | 640 | 51 | 9 | 644 |
| 1882 | 594 | 51 | 12 | 540 |
| 1881 | 585 | 46 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 524 | 51 | 6 | 809 |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 99% · boys 1% across all years