Dori — #8478 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Dori

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,935 babies named Dori between 1946 and 2024, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dori currently holds the #8478 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 211 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dori performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 1,662 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Dori shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 551 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Dori in 26 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dori 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 4,935 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.