Doris was a hugely popular girls' name that peaked at #6 in 1929 but is far less common today.
Doris is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,909 for girl births in the United States (and #5,101 across all names), given to 58 babies. Doris was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1928 (16,575 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | 58 | #2,909 | — |
| 2024 | 86 | 86 | #2,205 | — |
| 2023 | 77 | 77 | #2,359 | — |
| 2022 | 86 | 86 | #2,197 | — |
| 2021 | 74 | 74 | #2,423 | — |
| 2020 | 74 | 74 | #2,380 | — |
| 2019 | 118 | 118 | #1,749 | — |
| 2018 | 111 | 111 | #1,835 | — |
| 2017 | 92 | 92 | #2,099 | — |
| 2016 | 118 | 118 | #1,762 | — |
| 2015 | 85 | 85 | #2,216 | — |
| 2014 | 124 | 124 | #1,698 | — |
| 2013 | 82 | 82 | #2,266 | — |
| 2012 | 102 | 102 | #1,931 | — |
| 2011 | 75 | 75 | #2,442 | — |
| 2010 | 67 | 67 | #2,676 | — |
| 2009 | 81 | 81 | #2,382 | — |
| 2008 | 94 | 94 | #2,141 | — |
| 2007 | 93 | 93 | #2,150 | — |
| 2006 | 90 | 90 | #2,151 | — |
| 2005 | 92 | 92 | #2,032 | — |
| 2004 | 102 | 102 | #1,856 | — |
| 2003 | 90 | 90 | #2,004 | — |
| 2002 | 91 | 91 | #1,941 | — |
| 2001 | 108 | 108 | #1,674 | — |
| 2000 | 105 | 105 | #1,680 | — |
| 1999 | 116 | 116 | #1,483 | — |
| 1998 | 121 | 129 | #1,420 | — |
| 1997 | 118 | — | #1,413 | — |
| 1996 | 128 | — | #1,334 | — |
| 1995 | 145 | — | #1,185 | — |
| 1994 | 170 | — | #1,068 | — |
| 1993 | 179 | — | #1,029 | — |
| 1992 | 224 | — | #882 | — |
| 1991 | 214 | — | #907 | — |
| 1990 | 230 | — | #857 | — |
| 1989 | 213 | — | #887 | #7,237 |
| 1988 | 225 | — | #813 | — |
| 1987 | 234 | — | #781 | #5,660 |
| 1986 | 217 | — | #794 | #7,022 |
| 1985 | 264 | — | #681 | — |
| 1984 | 245 | — | #685 | — |
| 1983 | 253 | — | #683 | #6,519 |
| 1982 | 270 | — | #660 | — |
| 1981 | 271 | — | #652 | — |
| 1980 | 305 | — | #617 | #5,087 |
| 1979 | 286 | — | #618 | — |
| 1978 | 336 | — | #541 | #5,256 |
| 1977 | 343 | — | #535 | #6,114 |
| 1976 | 352 | — | #507 | — |
| 1975 | 383 | — | #480 | — |
| 1974 | 462 | — | #429 | #4,787 |
| 1973 | 482 | — | #414 | #5,306 |
| 1972 | 611 | — | #363 | #4,589 |
| 1971 | 761 | — | #339 | #3,439 |
| 1970 | 868 | — | #315 | #4,909 |
| 1969 | 1,050 | — | #275 | #2,455 |
| 1968 | 1,034 | — | #263 | #2,359 |
| 1967 | 1,187 | — | #243 | #3,058 |
| 1966 | 1,430 | — | #216 | #2,254 |
| 1965 | 1,633 | — | #205 | #3,046 |
| 1964 | 1,938 | — | #191 | #2,908 |
| 1963 | 2,138 | — | #181 | #2,907 |
| 1962 | 2,388 | — | #171 | #2,903 |
| 1961 | 2,597 | — | #160 | #2,020 |
| 1960 | 2,919 | — | #147 | #1,737 |
| 1959 | 3,156 | — | #138 | #1,771 |
| 1958 | 3,339 | — | #131 | #1,782 |
| 1957 | 3,738 | — | #119 | #1,973 |
| 1956 | 4,120 | — | #109 | #1,734 |
| 1955 | 4,258 | — | #101 | #1,805 |
| 1954 | 4,473 | — | #93 | #1,983 |
| 1953 | 4,922 | — | #87 | #1,645 |
| 1952 | 4,970 | — | #83 | #1,718 |
| 1951 | 5,055 | — | #80 | #1,352 |
| 1950 | 5,078 | — | #74 | #1,478 |
| 1949 | 5,315 | — | #69 | #1,306 |
| 1948 | 5,575 | — | #64 | #1,408 |
| 1947 | 6,063 | — | #58 | #1,258 |
| 1946 | 6,027 | — | #51 | #1,100 |
| 1945 | 5,854 | — | #46 | #1,130 |
| 1944 | 6,349 | — | #42 | #1,341 |
| 1943 | 7,168 | — | #40 | #1,077 |
| 1942 | 7,233 | — | #41 | #868 |
| 1941 | 7,159 | — | #38 | #695 |
| 1940 | 7,841 | — | #31 | #704 |
| 1939 | 7,777 | — | #29 | #612 |
| 1938 | 8,686 | — | #25 | #656 |
| 1937 | 8,974 | — | #22 | #611 |
| 1936 | 9,306 | — | #15 | #655 |
| 1935 | 10,698 | — | #13 | #600 |
| 1934 | 11,720 | — | #11 | #618 |
| 1933 | 12,121 | — | #10 | #593 |
| 1932 | 13,033 | — | #10 | #525 |
| 1931 | 13,724 | — | #10 | #606 |
| 1930 | 15,588 | — | #9 | #534 |
| 1929 | 16,607 | — | #6 | #572 |
| 1928 | 16,679 | — | #7 | #604 |
| 1927 | 16,619 | — | #7 | #604 |
| 1926 | 16,402 | — | #7 | #605 |
| 1925 | 16,159 | — | #8 | #705 |
| 1924 | 15,890 | — | #9 | #628 |
| 1923 | 14,697 | — | #11 | #694 |
| 1922 | 13,871 | — | #11 | #782 |
| 1921 | 13,233 | — | #13 | #734 |
| 1920 | 11,978 | — | #14 | #695 |
| 1919 | 9,496 | — | #18 | #824 |
| 1918 | 9,125 | — | #19 | #820 |
| 1917 | 7,883 | — | #25 | #787 |
| 1916 | 7,208 | — | #32 | #924 |
| 1915 | 6,341 | — | #34 | #883 |
| 1914 | 4,462 | — | #36 | #970 |
| 1913 | 3,075 | — | #44 | #975 |
| 1912 | 2,677 | — | #48 | #1,036 |
| 1911 | 1,832 | — | #56 | #714 |
| 1910 | 1,548 | — | #64 | #945 |
| 1909 | 1,308 | — | #64 | #967 |
| 1908 | 1,168 | — | #70 | #753 |
| 1907 | 1,033 | — | #76 | #886 |
| 1906 | 864 | — | #83 | #950 |
| 1905 | 812 | — | #83 | — |
| 1904 | 745 | — | #88 | #826 |
| 1903 | 634 | — | #95 | #1,168 |
| 1902 | 656 | — | #93 | — |
| 1901 | 537 | — | #101 | #880 |
| 1900 | 562 | — | #117 | #1,362 |
| 1899 | 437 | — | #113 | #962 |
| 1898 | 429 | — | #125 | — |
| 1897 | 354 | — | #139 | #1,106 |
| 1896 | 312 | — | #152 | #1,138 |
| 1895 | 198 | — | #193 | — |
| 1894 | 187 | — | #191 | — |
| 1893 | 134 | — | #225 | — |
| 1892 | 139 | — | #223 | #1,106 |
| 1891 | 86 | — | #264 | — |
| 1890 | 87 | — | #268 | — |
| 1889 | 60 | — | #315 | — |
| 1888 | 55 | — | #325 | — |
| 1887 | 38 | — | #350 | — |
| 1886 | 28 | — | #407 | — |
| 1885 | 30 | — | #374 | — |
| 1884 | 23 | — | #416 | — |
| 1883 | 21 | — | #414 | — |
| 1882 | 16 | — | #462 | — |
| 1881 | 10 | — | #549 | — |
| 1880 | 9 | — | #594 | — |