NameTides

Dora

Dora was the #2,387 girls' name in the US in 2025 (75 babies), and #1,271 in England & Wales and #2,475 in Canada.

Dora as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Dora as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Dora as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#2,387 (75)#1,271 (25)——#2,475 (8)
2024#2,585 (68)#1,065 (32)——#1,833 (12)
2023#2,588 (68)#1,056 (32)——#1,774 (12)
2022#2,510 (71)#1,326 (24)——#1,635 (13)
2021#2,251 (82)#1,128 (30)#792 (3)#883 (3)#2,021 (10)
2020#2,394 (73)#1,065 (31)——#1,758 (12)
2019#1,933 (102)#1,039 (33)—#621 (5)#1,533 (15)
2018#2,404 (75)#952 (38)———
2017#1,976 (100)#1,411 (23)——#1,123 (22)
2016#1,857 (111)#1,241 (27)—#868 (3)#1,906 (11)
2015#1,972 (101)#1,240 (27)——#2,011 (10)
2014#2,154 (88)#1,299 (25)——#1,681 (13)
2013#2,344 (78)#1,148 (30)——#2,595 (7)
2012#2,064 (93)#1,253 (26)——#1,297 (19)
2011#2,156 (88)#1,168 (28)——#1,761 (12)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1881 at #46.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 21,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 10,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Dora is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 23,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 20,000 to 1 in 28,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Dora by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,087NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,575CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #3,285TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Dora (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5856

Dora (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DoraCanadaGirls#2,4758
DoraEngland & WalesGirls#1,27125
DoraIrelandGirls—too few
DoraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
DoraScotlandGirls—too few
DoraUSGirls#2,38775
DoraUSBoys—too few