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Dora Girl Name

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Dora name image The name Dora is of Greek origin, and means present.  The table below indicates the number of times the name Dora has been given to baby girls in recent years.  The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.  The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years. 

Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Dora
Use of the Name Dora for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years50 Years25 Years10 Years5 Years2 Years1 Year
101,93018,8952,9390000
The table below indicates the number of times the name Dora has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.  Dora last appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1992, the last year shown on the table.  A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.

Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Dora
 Used as a Girl NameUsed as a Boy Name
YearRankCountRankCount
1880515248446
188146585  
18825159454912
1883516406589
1884517208806
188549776  
188649827  
1887488429695
1888548989546
1889598826869
1890628838297
189158870  
189261961  
189365877  
189469827  
189568884  
189668874  
189769862  
1898689297599
18997971648816
190079959  
190179768  
190282780  
190381778  
190482788  
190589756  
190691760  
190794785  
190893805  
190995828  
1910103832  
1911104885  
19121101,058  
19131091,180  
19141201,344  
19151221,663  
19161241,723  
19171251,735  
19181361,743  
19191271,834  
19201331,865  
19211302,017  
19221381,811  
19231361,904  
19241391,996  
19251361,945  
19261401,768  
19271401,785  
19281431,644  
19291411,585  
19301441,494  
19311441,362  
19321431,431  
19331521,239  
19341591,252  
19351681,166  
19361681,159  
19371831,085  
19381771,133  
19391821,045  
19401801,043  
1941197948  
1942210971  
19432051,013  
1944214921  
1945215886  
1946234946  
19472321,032  
19482331,025  
1949249927  
1950252894  
19512431,025  
1952261927  
1953272914  
1954283902  
1955286913  
1956275991  
1957294955  
1958308862  
1959307892  
1960308925  
1961320867  
1962323839  
1963325850  
1964313880  
1965334728  
1966350662  
1967372595  
1968391547  
1969423521  
1970420532  
1971434480  
1972423456  
1973471384  
1974457392  
1975463406  
1976471400  
1977585295  
1978583293  
1979609291  
1980607302  
1981634281  
1982655272  
1983711237  
1984708234  
1985746232  
1986852194  
1987841206  
1988844213  
1989928193  
1990978190  
1991981191  
1992978194  
Totals:  101,930 85

During the last 125 years, parents have used Dora as a girl's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a boy's name.  Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Dora appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 113 times during the last 125 years.

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