Girls' name · since 1880
Doris
Doris has 462,548 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1928 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #73 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,896 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 462,548
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
462,548 babies have been named Doris since 1880, making it today's #2896 girls' name.
Doris has 462,548 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2896 as of the latest data, more common than 83% of girls, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #73 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,896 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 462,548 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Doris ranks #73 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,896 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 462,548 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #73 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,896 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 462,548
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Doris's 462,548 recorded births place it above 99.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Doris compares
462,548 Top 1% higher than 99% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Doris's all-time total is 1,230x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Doris | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 462,548 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16,575 | 21 | 19,840 |
Doris's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Doris's full recorded timeline at 1953, 12% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 88% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1880, with just 9 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1928 peak of 16,575 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Doris popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1928)
- 16,575
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Doris popularity over time - boys
3,241 total births recorded since 1892 (Doris as boys' name)
Doris by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (151,193 births, 33% of the file).
1920s was Doris's strongest decade.
151,193 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Doris births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 290
1880s
290 births
- 1890s 2,342
1890s
2,342 births
- 1900s 8,252
1900s
8,252 births
- 1910s 53,249
1910s
53,249 births
- 1920s
1920s
151,193 births
- 1930s
1930s
110,658 births
- 1940s
1940s
64,144 births
- 1950s 42,898
1950s
42,898 births
- 1960s 18,193
1960s
18,193 births
- 1970s 4,842
1970s
4,842 births
- 1980s 2,467
1980s
2,467 births
- 1990s 1,645
1990s
1,645 births
- 2000s 946
2000s
946 births
- 2010s 974
2010s
974 births
- 2020s 455
2020s
455 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 151,193 births (33% of all-time use).
How Doris compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Doris's total volume
Doris by state
Where Doris concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 34,594 | 7.5% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 32,944 | 7.1% |
| #3 | Texas | | 26,102 | 5.6% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 21,262 | 4.6% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 20,809 | 4.5% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 19,279 | 4.2% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 15,994 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 15,637 | 3.4% |
34,594 of 462,548 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Doris appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Doris's data
- Doris's decade-level peak was the 1920s (151,193 total births); usage has since declined to 455 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Doriss (34,594 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Doris: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1928)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
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, 1880–2025 (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 Doris 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.