How rare is the name Doris?

174,013 people in the United States have the first name Doris, about 1 in 1,736. It ranks #318 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DORIS

#318

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
174,013
About
1 in 1,736
This common or more
50.1%
Who bears it

Of the 174,013 people named Doris, 67.4% reported their origin as White, 18.4% as Black and 10.1% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Doris peaked in 1928, when 16,679 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1928
Births that year
16,679
In 2025*
58 ▼100%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 465,789 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.

Doris by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #20. The largest share of babies named Doris, 40%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.

1880s#685290
1890s#2522,363
1900s#1148,319
1910s#5353,647
1920s#20152,135
1930s#28111,627
1940s#8964,584
1950s#18943,109
1960s#35718,314
1970s#7774,884
1980s#1,2542,497
1990s#1,9441,645
2000s#3,465946
2010s#3,608974
2020s#4,263455
Before 19010.7%
Greatest Generation 1901–2738.7%
Silent Generation 1928–4540%
Baby boom 1946–6416.8%
Generation X 1965–802.5%
Millennials 1981–960.7%
Generation Z 1997–120.3%
2013 and later0.3%

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 Doris is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Doris has been most common in North Dakota (1.9×), Vermont (1.8×), and South Dakota (1.8×), and least common in Nevada (0.1×).

449,968 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 Doris

#316 Avery · 175,333#317 Pedro · 175,194#319 Blake · 173,524#320 Billy · 173,433

Spelled almost the same

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

#5,623 Dorris · 3,008#21,445 Dorys · 473#33,126 Dorise · 251#41,276 Dores · 178#41,689 Dorisa · 175

Also a last name

As a last name, Doris ranks #16,586 of 156,621, with 1,680 people. See Doris as a last name

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