Girls' name · since 1923
Dorah
23 babies named Dorah in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #44,040 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1923
- 2020s
- peak decade
23 girls have been named Dorah since 1923, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Dorah recorded 23 times among girls since 1923, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1923 to 2023.
- #44,040 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 23 born since 1923
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dorah ranks #44,040 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 23 born since 1923, peaking in the 2020s.
- #44,040 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1923
- 2020s
- peak decade
Dorah's 23 recorded births place it above 38.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dorah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dorah's full recorded timeline at 2022, 74% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 26% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1923, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dorah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1923–2023
- Peak year (2022)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 101 years of records
Dorah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (17 births, 74% of the file).
2020s was Dorah's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Dorah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 17 births (74% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dorah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1923–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dorah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.