Dora is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1921 and has since faded.
Dora is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,388 for girl births in the United States (and #4,289 across all names), given to 75 babies. Dora was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1921 (2,026 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 75 | 75 | #2,388 | — |
| 2024 | 68 | 68 | #2,589 | — |
| 2023 | 68 | 68 | #2,595 | — |
| 2022 | 71 | 71 | #2,511 | — |
| 2021 | 82 | 82 | #2,254 | — |
| 2020 | 73 | 73 | #2,399 | — |
| 2019 | 102 | 102 | #1,935 | — |
| 2018 | 75 | 75 | #2,408 | — |
| 2017 | 100 | 100 | #1,978 | — |
| 2016 | 111 | 111 | #1,857 | — |
| 2015 | 101 | 101 | #1,973 | — |
| 2014 | 88 | 88 | #2,156 | — |
| 2013 | 78 | 78 | #2,351 | — |
| 2012 | 93 | 93 | #2,068 | — |
| 2011 | 88 | 88 | #2,161 | — |
| 2010 | 83 | 83 | #2,300 | — |
| 2009 | 102 | 102 | #2,021 | — |
| 2008 | 93 | 93 | #2,161 | — |
| 2007 | 100 | 100 | #2,043 | — |
| 2006 | 142 | 142 | #1,541 | — |
| 2005 | 155 | 155 | #1,391 | — |
| 2004 | 165 | 165 | #1,298 | — |
| 2003 | 169 | 169 | #1,243 | — |
| 2002 | 164 | 164 | #1,224 | — |
| 2001 | 166 | 166 | #1,219 | — |
| 2000 | 128 | 128 | #1,435 | — |
| 1999 | 166 | 166 | #1,171 | — |
| 1998 | 147 | 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 | 239 | — | #709 | #6,592 |
| 1983 | 238 | — | #712 | — |
| 1982 | 273 | — | #654 | — |
| 1981 | 284 | — | #629 | — |
| 1980 | 301 | — | #610 | — |
| 1979 | 294 | — | #606 | — |
| 1978 | 303 | — | #580 | #4,674 |
| 1977 | 296 | — | #584 | — |
| 1976 | 405 | — | #471 | #5,840 |
| 1975 | 413 | — | #464 | #4,979 |
| 1974 | 392 | — | #458 | — |
| 1973 | 385 | — | #471 | — |
| 1972 | 456 | — | #422 | — |
| 1971 | 478 | — | #439 | — |
| 1970 | 537 | — | #418 | — |
| 1969 | 524 | — | #425 | #4,568 |
| 1968 | 553 | — | #393 | #3,813 |
| 1967 | 603 | — | #372 | #3,339 |
| 1966 | 663 | — | #350 | — |
| 1965 | 724 | — | #335 | — |
| 1964 | 882 | — | #313 | — |
| 1963 | 853 | — | #322 | — |
| 1962 | 841 | — | #323 | — |
| 1961 | 873 | — | #319 | #4,216 |
| 1960 | 935 | — | #308 | #2,734 |
| 1959 | 902 | — | #306 | #3,708 |
| 1958 | 867 | — | #308 | #3,642 |
| 1957 | 962 | — | #294 | #3,082 |
| 1956 | 991 | — | #274 | — |
| 1955 | 910 | — | #286 | — |
| 1954 | 905 | — | #283 | — |
| 1953 | 924 | — | #271 | #3,525 |
| 1952 | 932 | — | #260 | #3,464 |
| 1951 | 1,034 | — | #242 | #3,443 |
| 1950 | 896 | — | #252 | — |
| 1949 | 929 | — | #248 | #3,828 |
| 1948 | 1,029 | — | #233 | #3,402 |
| 1947 | 1,047 | — | #231 | #3,459 |
| 1946 | 948 | — | #234 | #3,655 |
| 1945 | 882 | — | #216 | — |
| 1944 | 923 | — | #214 | — |
| 1943 | 1,022 | — | #205 | — |
| 1942 | 978 | — | #210 | #2,572 |
| 1941 | 960 | — | #197 | #2,528 |
| 1940 | 1,048 | — | #181 | #2,529 |
| 1939 | 1,050 | — | #182 | #3,620 |
| 1938 | 1,142 | — | #177 | #2,697 |
| 1937 | 1,093 | — | #183 | #2,986 |
| 1936 | 1,172 | — | #168 | #2,493 |
| 1935 | 1,177 | — | #168 | #2,765 |
| 1934 | 1,263 | — | #159 | #2,301 |
| 1933 | 1,253 | — | #151 | #2,257 |
| 1932 | 1,450 | — | #143 | #1,865 |
| 1931 | 1,372 | — | #144 | #2,912 |
| 1930 | 1,511 | — | #142 | #2,211 |
| 1929 | 1,598 | — | #141 | #2,235 |
| 1928 | 1,655 | — | #144 | #2,072 |
| 1927 | 1,803 | — | #140 | #2,221 |
| 1926 | 1,791 | — | #140 | #1,925 |
| 1925 | 1,952 | — | #136 | #3,496 |
| 1924 | 2,006 | — | #139 | #3,999 |
| 1923 | 1,915 | — | #136 | #2,662 |
| 1922 | 1,818 | — | #138 | #2,674 |
| 1921 | 2,031 | — | #130 | #4,511 |
| 1920 | 1,872 | — | #133 | #3,573 |
| 1919 | 1,845 | — | #127 | #2,722 |
| 1918 | 1,745 | — | #136 | #3,460 |
| 1917 | 1,755 | — | #125 | #2,008 |
| 1916 | 1,736 | — | #124 | #2,419 |
| 1915 | 1,672 | — | #122 | #3,507 |
| 1914 | 1,350 | — | #121 | #2,722 |
| 1913 | 1,192 | — | #109 | #1,983 |
| 1912 | 1,061 | — | #110 | — |
| 1911 | 888 | — | #104 | — |
| 1910 | 838 | — | #103 | #1,657 |
| 1909 | 829 | — | #95 | — |
| 1908 | 811 | — | #93 | #1,435 |
| 1907 | 792 | — | #94 | #1,233 |
| 1906 | 768 | — | #91 | #1,038 |
| 1905 | 757 | — | #89 | — |
| 1904 | 794 | — | #82 | #1,098 |
| 1903 | 784 | — | #81 | #1,041 |
| 1902 | 780 | — | #82 | — |
| 1901 | 768 | — | #79 | — |
| 1900 | 963 | — | #79 | #1,361 |
| 1899 | 734 | — | #79 | #488 |
| 1898 | 938 | — | #68 | #759 |
| 1897 | 867 | — | #69 | #1,105 |
| 1896 | 879 | — | #68 | #1,137 |
| 1895 | 884 | — | #68 | — |
| 1894 | 827 | — | #69 | — |
| 1893 | 877 | — | #65 | — |
| 1892 | 960 | — | #61 | — |
| 1891 | 875 | — | #58 | #1,008 |
| 1890 | 890 | — | #62 | #829 |
| 1889 | 891 | — | #59 | #686 |
| 1888 | 904 | — | #54 | #953 |
| 1887 | 847 | — | #48 | #969 |
| 1886 | 827 | — | #49 | — |
| 1885 | 776 | — | #49 | — |
| 1884 | 726 | — | #51 | #880 |
| 1883 | 649 | — | #51 | #658 |
| 1882 | 606 | — | #51 | #549 |
| 1881 | 585 | — | #46 | — |
| 1880 | 530 | — | #51 | #843 |