Dora — #2594 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Dora

The Social Security Administration has registered 105,849 babies named Dora between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dora currently holds the #2594 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 2,026 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dora performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 18,334 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Dora shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 14,070 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Dora in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dora in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 105,849 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.