Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Dora

#364 most common girls' name of all time · #668 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#364
Rank overall
#668 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
106,480
Since 2016
825
Peak year
1921 #130
Best rank
#46 1881
Girls Boys peak 2,031/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Dora is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 75 75 #2,387
2024 68 68 #2,585
2023 68 68 #2,589
2022 71 71 #2,510
2021 82 82 #2,251
2020 73 73 #2,394
2019 102 102 #1,933
2018 75 75 #2,404
2017 100 100 #1,976
2016 111 111 #1,857
2015 101 101 #1,972
2014 88 88 #2,154
2013 78 78 #2,344
2012 93 93 #2,065
2011 88 88 #2,156
2010 83 83 #2,296
2009 102 102 #2,017
2008 93 93 #2,157
2007 100 100 #2,034
2006 142 142 #1,539
2005 155 155 #1,389
2004 165 165 #1,294
2003 169 169 #1,242
2002 164 164 #1,224
2001 166 166 #1,219
2000 128 128 #1,431
1999 166 166 #1,169
1998 147 147 #1,236
1997 170 170 #1,105
1996 173 173 #1,071
1995 167 167 #1,067
1994 161 161 #1,115
1993 167 167 #1,085
1992 197 197 #970
1991 194 194 #967
1990 192 192 #971
1989 195 195 #922
1988 215 215 #837
1987 210 210 #829
1986 196 196 #848
1985 232 232 #745
1984 234 5 239 #709
1983 238 238 #712
1982 273 273 #653
1981 284 284 #629
1980 301 301 #609
1979 294 294 #606
1978 296 7 303 #579
1977 296 296 #584
1976 400 5 405 #471
1975 407 6 413 #464
1974 392 392 #458
1973 385 385 #471
1972 456 456 #422
1971 478 478 #438
1970 537 537 #418
1969 519 5 524 #425
1968 547 6 553 #393
1967 596 7 603 #372
1966 663 663 #350
1965 724 724 #335
1964 882 882 #313
1963 853 853 #322
1962 841 841 #323
1961 868 5 873 #319
1960 925 10 935 #308
1959 896 6 902 #306
1958 861 6 867 #308
1957 954 8 962 #294
1956 991 991 #274
1955 910 910 #286
1954 905 905 #283
1953 918 6 924 #271
1952 926 6 932 #260
1951 1,028 6 1,034 #242
1950 896 896 #252
1949 924 5 929 #248
1948 1,023 6 1,029 #232
1947 1,041 6 1,047 #231
1946 943 5 948 #234
1945 882 882 #216
1944 923 923 #214
1943 1,022 1,022 #205
1942 969 9 978 #210
1941 951 9 960 #197
1940 1,039 9 1,048 #181
1939 1,045 5 1,050 #182
1938 1,134 8 1,142 #177
1937 1,086 7 1,093 #183
1936 1,163 9 1,172 #168
1935 1,169 8 1,177 #168
1934 1,252 11 1,263 #159
1933 1,242 11 1,253 #151
1932 1,434 16 1,450 #143
1931 1,364 8 1,372 #144
1930 1,498 13 1,511 #142
1929 1,585 13 1,598 #141
1928 1,640 15 1,655 #144
1927 1,789 14 1,803 #140
1926 1,774 17 1,791 #140
1925 1,945 7 1,952 #136
1924 2,000 6 2,006 #139
1923 1,904 11 1,915 #136
1922 1,807 11 1,818 #138
1921 2,026 5 2,031 #130
1920 1,865 7 1,872 #133
1919 1,835 10 1,845 #127
1918 1,738 7 1,745 #136
1917 1,740 15 1,755 #125
1916 1,725 11 1,736 #124
1915 1,666 6 1,672 #122
1914 1,343 7 1,350 #121
1913 1,183 9 1,192 #109
1912 1,061 1,061 #110
1911 888 888 #104
1910 833 5 838 #103
1909 829 829 #95
1908 806 5 811 #93
1907 786 6 792 #94
1906 761 7 768 #91
1905 757 757 #89
1904 788 6 794 #82
1903 778 6 784 #81
1902 780 780 #82
1901 768 768 #79
1900 958 5 963 #79
1899 718 16 734 #79
1898 929 9 938 #68
1897 862 5 867 #69
1896 874 5 879 #68
1895 884 884 #68
1894 827 827 #69
1893 877 877 #65
1892 960 960 #61
1891 870 5 875 #58
1890 883 7 890 #62
1889 882 9 891 #59
1888 898 6 904 #54
1887 842 5 847 #48
1886 827 827 #49
1885 776 776 #49
1884 720 6 726 #51
1883 640 9 649 #51
1882 594 12 606 #51
1881 585 585 #46
1880 524 6 530 #51