How rare is the name Dora?

61,606 people in the United States have the first name Dora, about 1 in 4,903. It ranks #796 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DORA

#796

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
61,606
About
1 in 4,903
This common or more
66.6%
Who bears it

Of the 61,606 people named Dora, 60.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 26.4% as White and 9.1% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Dora peaked in 1921, when 2,031 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1921
Births that year
2,031
In 2025*
75 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 106,480 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Dora by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #71. The largest share of babies named Dora, 34.1%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#717,341
1890s#878,731
1900s#1198,046
1910s#21014,082
1920s#24118,441
1930s#30112,483
1940s#3989,766
1950s#5179,323
1960s#6207,451
1970s#8803,959
1980s#1,2972,383
1990s#1,8701,734
2000s#2,6471,384
2010s#3,762919
2020s#4,368437
Before 190116%
Greatest Generation 1901–2734.1%
Silent Generation 1928–4520.2%
Baby boom 1946–6416.6%
Generation X 1965–806.9%
Millennials 1981–963.1%
Generation Z 1997–122%
2013 and later1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Dora is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Dora has been most common in New Mexico (3.2×), Mississippi (2.6×), and Texas (2.4×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.21×).

77,457 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Dora

#794 Guillermo · 61,844#795 Noel · 61,698#797 Marian · 61,582#798 Asher · 61,307

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dora, most common first.

#3,793 Dori · 5,223#8,762 Dory · 1,636#10,355 Doria · 1,294#24,147 Dor · 401#24,891 Dore · 384#38,781 Doru · 197#43,502 Dorah · 162#43,502 Dorea · 162

Also a last name

As a last name, Dora ranks #23,332 of 156,621, with 1,124 people. See Dora as a last name

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