NameTides

Doris

Doris was the #2,895 girls' name in the US in 2025 (58 babies), and #3,705 in England & Wales and #2,282 in Canada.

Doris as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Doris 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.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Doris 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.051015201880192019602000
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#2,895 (58)#3,705 (6)——#2,282 (9)
2024#2,203 (86)#2,412 (11)——#1,194 (21)
2023#2,352 (77)#2,689 (9)#749 (3)—#1,419 (16)
2022#2,193 (86)#3,534 (6)——#2,133 (9)
2021#2,416 (74)#2,711 (9)——#1,592 (14)
2020#2,376 (74)#2,615 (9)——#1,557 (14)
2019#1,745 (118)#2,458 (10)——#1,798 (12)
2018#1,830 (111)#2,340 (11)——#1,376 (17)
2017#2,097 (92)#2,502 (10)——#1,506 (15)
2016#1,757 (118)#2,547 (10)——#1,600 (14)
2015#2,209 (85)#2,070 (13)——#1,584 (14)
2014#1,692 (124)#2,203 (12)——#1,151 (22)
2013#2,259 (82)#2,176 (12)——#1,599 (14)
2012#1,929 (102)#4,838 (4)——#1,097 (23)
2011#2,434 (75)#4,049 (5)——#2,009 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1929 at #6.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 28,000 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 28,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 42,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Doris is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 25,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 18,000 to 1 in 34,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Doris 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: #1,830NYMassachusetts: 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: #1,948CAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Doris (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#1,1819

Doris (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
DorisCanadaGirls#2,2829
DorisEngland & WalesGirls#3,7056
DorisIrelandGirls—too few
DorisNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
DorisScotlandGirls—too few
DorisUSGirls#2,89558
DorisUSBoys—too few