Doria — #5965 US girls' name
1,313 babies named Doria in U.S. Social Security records since 1909, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 66% of names given to girls today.
16% of everyone ever named Doria was born in this single decade.
48 babies were named Doria in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Doria
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,313 babies named Doria between 1909 and 2024, spanning 116 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Doria currently holds the #5965 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 48 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Doria performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 205 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Doria shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 41 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Doria in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Doria 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 1,313 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.
Doria at a glance
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Current rank
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Doria popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1909
- Peak year (1971)
- 48
- Annual births at peak — across 116 years of records
Currently ranks #5965 among girls.
1,313 total births across 116 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 48 births in a single year.
Doria by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 205 births that decade — 16% of Doria's all-time total
Doria decade highlights
- Peak decade 205 births
- Runner-up 202 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Doria's strongest decade
205 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 16% of all-time use.
Doria by state
Where Doria concentrates geographically — total births since 1909
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 41 | 3.1% |
| #2 | New York | | 33 | 2.5% |
| #3 | Texas | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.4% |
41 of 1,313 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 3.1% of nationwide
- New York 2.5% of nationwide
- Texas 0.5% of nationwide
- New Jersey 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1909–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.