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 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
101,930
18,895
2,939
0
0
0
0
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 Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
51
524
844
6
1881
46
585
1882
51
594
549
12
1883
51
640
658
9
1884
51
720
880
6
1885
49
776
1886
49
827
1887
48
842
969
5
1888
54
898
954
6
1889
59
882
686
9
1890
62
883
829
7
1891
58
870
1892
61
961
1893
65
877
1894
69
827
1895
68
884
1896
68
874
1897
69
862
1898
68
929
759
9
1899
79
716
488
16
1900
79
959
1901
79
768
1902
82
780
1903
81
778
1904
82
788
1905
89
756
1906
91
760
1907
94
785
1908
93
805
1909
95
828
1910
103
832
1911
104
885
1912
110
1,058
1913
109
1,180
1914
120
1,344
1915
122
1,663
1916
124
1,723
1917
125
1,735
1918
136
1,743
1919
127
1,834
1920
133
1,865
1921
130
2,017
1922
138
1,811
1923
136
1,904
1924
139
1,996
1925
136
1,945
1926
140
1,768
1927
140
1,785
1928
143
1,644
1929
141
1,585
1930
144
1,494
1931
144
1,362
1932
143
1,431
1933
152
1,239
1934
159
1,252
1935
168
1,166
1936
168
1,159
1937
183
1,085
1938
177
1,133
1939
182
1,045
1940
180
1,043
1941
197
948
1942
210
971
1943
205
1,013
1944
214
921
1945
215
886
1946
234
946
1947
232
1,032
1948
233
1,025
1949
249
927
1950
252
894
1951
243
1,025
1952
261
927
1953
272
914
1954
283
902
1955
286
913
1956
275
991
1957
294
955
1958
308
862
1959
307
892
1960
308
925
1961
320
867
1962
323
839
1963
325
850
1964
313
880
1965
334
728
1966
350
662
1967
372
595
1968
391
547
1969
423
521
1970
420
532
1971
434
480
1972
423
456
1973
471
384
1974
457
392
1975
463
406
1976
471
400
1977
585
295
1978
583
293
1979
609
291
1980
607
302
1981
634
281
1982
655
272
1983
711
237
1984
708
234
1985
746
232
1986
852
194
1987
841
206
1988
844
213
1989
928
193
1990
978
190
1991
981
191
1992
978
194
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.