Dory was the #11,932 girls' name in the US in 2025 (7 babies).
Dory as a girl’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2025
#11,932 (7)
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2024
#9,556 (10)
#3,319 (7)
2023
#10,312 (9)
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2019
#12,448 (7)
#5,591 (3)
2018
#12,464 (7)
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2017
#11,615 (8)
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2016
#14,331 (6)
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2011
#12,153 (8)
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2009
#12,429 (8)
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2008
#15,405 (6)
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2007
#9,539 (12)
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2006
#8,715 (13)
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2005
#7,891 (14)
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2004
#7,077 (16)
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2003
#8,505 (12)
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Dory as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
1986
#6,721 (5)
1985
#6,523 (5)
1984
#5,561 (6)
1982
#6,385 (5)
1979
#4,842 (7)
1978
#5,059 (6)
1976
#4,935 (6)
1974
#3,318 (10)
1972
#2,534 (14)
1971
#4,375 (6)
1970
#2,891 (11)
1969
#4,404 (5)
1968
#4,136 (5)
1964
#3,282 (7)
1963
#4,048 (5)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1972 at #2,311.
First recorded in the US in 1946.
In 1986, 64% of US babies named Dory were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 250,000 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.