The name Doris is of Greek origin, and is derived from the name of a region in Greece.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Doris 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 Doris
Use of the Name Doris for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
458,908
44,674
3,127
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Doris has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Doris 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 Doris
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
594
9
1881
549
10
1882
462
16
1883
414
21
1884
416
23
1885
374
30
1886
407
28
1887
350
38
1888
325
55
1889
315
60
1890
268
87
1891
264
86
1892
223
134
1893
225
134
1894
191
187
1895
193
198
1896
152
308
1897
139
349
1898
125
429
1899
114
431
962
6
1900
117
559
1901
101
532
880
7
1902
93
655
1903
95
629
1904
89
736
826
9
1905
83
811
1906
83
855
951
8
1907
76
1,022
887
10
1908
70
1,156
753
13
1909
64
1,297
966
10
1910
64
1,532
944
12
1911
56
1,805
715
20
1912
48
2,652
1913
44
3,040
973
26
1914
36
4,420
968
33
1915
34
6,284
884
49
1916
32
7,166
927
47
1917
25
7,815
790
64
1918
19
9,052
822
64
1919
18
9,426
813
65
1920
14
11,892
696
86
1921
13
13,159
737
80
1922
11
13,778
791
72
1923
11
14,600
697
86
1924
9
15,799
624
106
1925
8
16,074
718
81
1926
7
16,277
601
110
1927
7
16,507
603
107
1928
7
16,560
605
103
1929
6
16,486
570
109
1930
9
15,438
535
124
1931
10
13,601
609
95
1932
10
12,903
522
123
1933
10
12,023
600
94
1934
11
11,617
608
95
1935
13
10,601
604
93
1936
16
9,210
653
80
1937
22
8,881
613
91
1938
25
8,602
655
83
1939
29
7,685
615
90
1940
31
7,775
701
74
1941
38
7,059
704
77
1942
41
7,168
886
56
1943
40
7,109
1944
42
6,323
1945
46
5,827
1946
51
5,985
1947
58
6,019
1948
64
5,542
1949
69
5,281
1950
74
5,067
1951
80
4,995
1952
83
4,958
1953
87
4,901
1954
93
4,455
1955
101
4,239
1956
109
4,081
1957
119
3,725
1958
131
3,315
1959
138
3,136
1960
147
2,900
1961
161
2,564
1962
171
2,377
1963
181
2,128
1964
190
1,940
1965
204
1,627
1966
216
1,417
1967
243
1,177
1968
263
1,025
1969
274
1,042
1970
315
863
1971
338
752
1972
362
605
1973
411
480
1974
424
459
1975
477
386
1976
506
352
1977
533
340
1978
539
332
1979
617
285
1980
617
297
1981
656
269
1982
659
270
1983
683
249
1984
689
243
1985
683
261
1986
790
213
1987
783
226
1988
810
226
1989
887
207
1990
854
230
1991
909
213
1992
884
223
Totals:
458,908
2,558
During the last 125 years, parents have used Doris 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 Doris appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 113 times during the last 125 years.