Dora
Girl · DOR-a · Greek
Dora is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “gift”. In 2025 it ranked 1,324th for girls in the UK (25 babies) and 2,387th for girls in the US (75 babies).
What does Dora mean?
Greek: short form of Dorothy, Theodora or Isadora, from Greek doron
“gift”
In Dickens's David Copperfield, Dora Spenlow is David's charming but childlike first wife.
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- DOR-a
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Is Dora a girl's or a boy's name?
Dora is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls in the UK and 75 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dora in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,324among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the UK were named Dora, making it the 1,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,147th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 39 girls.
Half of all the girls named Dora in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,271st in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#54), 1914 (#59) and 1924 (#93).
Dora in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #1,324 |
| 2024 | 32 | #1,111 |
| 2023 | 33 | #1,107 |
| 2022 | 25 | #1,363 |
| 2021 | 33 | #1,109 |
| 2020 | 31 | #1,147 |
| 2019 | 34 | #1,085 |
| 2018 | 39 | #995 |
| 2017 | 23 | #1,497 |
| 2016 | 29 | #1,243 |
| 2015 | 28 | #1,276 |
| 2014 | 27 | #1,302 |
| 2013 | 32 | #1,165 |
| 2012 | 26 | #1,346 |
| 2011 | 29 | #1,216 |
| 2010 | 23 | #1,418 |
| 2009 | 29 | #1,147 |
| 2008 | 23 | #1,346 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,874 |
| 2006 | 18 | #1,481 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,692 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,561 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,542 |
| 2000 | 17 | #1,230 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,576 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,559 |
| 1996 | 14 | #1,381 |
How popular is Dora in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,387among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 75about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 75 girls in the US were named Dora, making it the 2,387th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,394th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 2,026 girls.
Half of all the girls named Dora in the US since 1880 were born between 1912 and 1951. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Dora in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 75 | #2,387 |
| 2024 | 68 | #2,585 |
| 2023 | 68 | #2,588 |
| 2022 | 71 | #2,510 |
| 2021 | 82 | #2,251 |
| 2020 | 73 | #2,394 |
| 2019 | 102 | #1,933 |
| 2018 | 75 | #2,404 |
| 2017 | 100 | #1,976 |
| 2016 | 111 | #1,857 |
| 2015 | 101 | #1,972 |
| 2014 | 88 | #2,154 |
| 2013 | 78 | #2,344 |
| 2012 | 93 | #2,064 |
| 2011 | 88 | #2,156 |
| 2010 | 83 | #2,296 |
| 2009 | 102 | #2,016 |
| 2008 | 93 | #2,157 |
| 2007 | 100 | #2,034 |
| 2006 | 142 | #1,539 |
| 2005 | 155 | #1,389 |
| 2004 | 165 | #1,293 |
| 2003 | 169 | #1,241 |
| 2002 | 164 | #1,223 |
| 2001 | 166 | #1,217 |
| 2000 | 128 | #1,429 |
| 1999 | 166 | #1,167 |
| 1998 | 147 | #1,234 |
| 1997 | 170 | #1,104 |
| 1996 | 173 | #1,069 |
| 1995 | 167 | #1,064 |
| 1994 | 161 | #1,113 |
| 1993 | 167 | #1,083 |
| 1992 | 197 | #967 |
| 1991 | 194 | #965 |
| 1990 | 192 | #969 |
| 1989 | 195 | #919 |
| 1988 | 215 | #837 |
| 1987 | 210 | #829 |
| 1986 | 196 | #848 |
| 1985 | 232 | #745 |
| 1984 | 234 | #709 |
| 1983 | 238 | #712 |
| 1982 | 273 | #653 |
| 1981 | 284 | #629 |
| 1980 | 301 | #609 |
| 1979 | 294 | #606 |
| 1978 | 296 | #579 |
| 1977 | 296 | #584 |
| 1976 | 400 | #471 |
| 1975 | 407 | #464 |
| 1974 | 392 | #458 |
| 1973 | 385 | #471 |
| 1972 | 456 | #422 |
| 1971 | 478 | #438 |
| 1970 | 537 | #418 |
| 1969 | 519 | #425 |
| 1968 | 547 | #393 |
| 1967 | 596 | #372 |
| 1966 | 663 | #350 |
| 1965 | 724 | #335 |
| 1964 | 882 | #313 |
| 1963 | 853 | #322 |
| 1962 | 841 | #323 |
| 1961 | 868 | #319 |
| 1960 | 925 | #308 |
| 1959 | 896 | #306 |
| 1958 | 861 | #308 |
| 1957 | 954 | #294 |
| 1956 | 991 | #274 |
| 1955 | 910 | #286 |
| 1954 | 905 | #283 |
| 1953 | 918 | #271 |
| 1952 | 926 | #260 |
| 1951 | 1,028 | #242 |
| 1950 | 896 | #252 |
| 1949 | 924 | #248 |
| 1948 | 1,023 | #232 |
| 1947 | 1,041 | #231 |
| 1946 | 943 | #234 |
| 1945 | 882 | #216 |
| 1944 | 923 | #214 |
| 1943 | 1,022 | #205 |
| 1942 | 969 | #210 |
| 1941 | 951 | #197 |
| 1940 | 1,039 | #181 |
| 1939 | 1,045 | #182 |
| 1938 | 1,134 | #177 |
| 1937 | 1,086 | #183 |
| 1936 | 1,163 | #168 |
| 1935 | 1,169 | #168 |
| 1934 | 1,252 | #159 |
| 1933 | 1,242 | #151 |
| 1932 | 1,434 | #143 |
| 1931 | 1,364 | #144 |
| 1930 | 1,498 | #142 |
| 1929 | 1,585 | #141 |
| 1928 | 1,640 | #144 |
| 1927 | 1,789 | #139 |
| 1926 | 1,774 | #140 |
| 1925 | 1,945 | #136 |
| 1924 | 2,000 | #139 |
| 1923 | 1,904 | #136 |
| 1922 | 1,807 | #138 |
| 1921 | 2,026 | #130 |
| 1920 | 1,865 | #133 |
| 1919 | 1,835 | #127 |
| 1918 | 1,738 | #136 |
| 1917 | 1,740 | #125 |
| 1916 | 1,725 | #124 |
| 1915 | 1,666 | #122 |
| 1914 | 1,343 | #121 |
| 1913 | 1,183 | #109 |
| 1912 | 1,061 | #110 |
| 1911 | 888 | #104 |
| 1910 | 833 | #103 |
| 1909 | 829 | #95 |
| 1908 | 806 | #93 |
| 1907 | 786 | #94 |
| 1906 | 761 | #91 |
| 1905 | 757 | #89 |
| 1904 | 788 | #82 |
| 1903 | 778 | #81 |
| 1902 | 780 | #82 |
| 1901 | 768 | #79 |
| 1900 | 958 | #79 |
| 1899 | 718 | #79 |
| 1898 | 929 | #68 |
| 1897 | 862 | #69 |
| 1896 | 874 | #68 |
| 1895 | 884 | #68 |
| 1894 | 827 | #69 |
| 1893 | 877 | #65 |
| 1892 | 960 | #61 |
| 1891 | 870 | #58 |
| 1890 | 883 | #62 |
| 1889 | 882 | #59 |
| 1888 | 898 | #54 |
| 1887 | 842 | #48 |
| 1886 | 827 | #49 |
| 1885 | 776 | #49 |
| 1884 | 720 | #51 |
| 1883 | 640 | #51 |
| 1882 | 594 | #51 |
| 1881 | 585 | #46 |
| 1880 | 524 | #51 |
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