Dory — #9623 US unisex name

What the Data Says About Dory

The Social Security Administration has registered 961 babies named Dory between 1946 and 2024, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dory currently holds the #9623 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 34 babies received it in a single year. Dory is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 124 additional births since 1919.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dory performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 232 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Dory shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 35 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Dory in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dory 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 961 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.