Doris
Girl · Greek
Doris is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 2,895th for girls in the US (58 babies).
What does Doris mean?
Greek
A female given name from Ancient Greek, taken to regular use at the end of the 19th century.
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Is Doris a girl's or a boy's name?
Doris is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 58 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Doris in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Doris, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Doris in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#3), 1914 (#3), 1924 (#7), 1934 (#33) and 1944 (#99).
Doris in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Doris in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,895among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 58about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 58 girls in the US were named Doris, making it the 2,895th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,376th. Its busiest year was 1928, with 16,575 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Doris than any year since 1888.
Half of all the girls named Doris in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1942, the years shaded on the chart below.
Doris in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #2,895 |
| 2024 | 86 | #2,203 |
| 2023 | 77 | #2,352 |
| 2022 | 86 | #2,193 |
| 2021 | 74 | #2,416 |
| 2020 | 74 | #2,376 |
| 2019 | 118 | #1,745 |
| 2018 | 111 | #1,830 |
| 2017 | 92 | #2,097 |
| 2016 | 118 | #1,757 |
| 2015 | 85 | #2,209 |
| 2014 | 124 | #1,692 |
| 2013 | 82 | #2,259 |
| 2012 | 102 | #1,929 |
| 2011 | 75 | #2,433 |
| 2010 | 67 | #2,670 |
| 2009 | 81 | #2,374 |
| 2008 | 94 | #2,137 |
| 2007 | 93 | #2,147 |
| 2006 | 90 | #2,149 |
| 2005 | 92 | #2,029 |
| 2004 | 102 | #1,854 |
| 2003 | 90 | #2,000 |
| 2002 | 91 | #1,932 |
| 2001 | 108 | #1,669 |
| 2000 | 105 | #1,671 |
| 1999 | 116 | #1,480 |
| 1998 | 121 | #1,414 |
| 1997 | 118 | #1,410 |
| 1996 | 128 | #1,326 |
| 1995 | 145 | #1,180 |
| 1994 | 170 | #1,064 |
| 1993 | 179 | #1,027 |
| 1992 | 224 | #880 |
| 1991 | 214 | #905 |
| 1990 | 230 | #854 |
| 1989 | 207 | #884 |
| 1988 | 225 | #812 |
| 1987 | 227 | #779 |
| 1986 | 212 | #792 |
| 1985 | 264 | #681 |
| 1984 | 245 | #684 |
| 1983 | 248 | #683 |
| 1982 | 270 | #660 |
| 1981 | 271 | #652 |
| 1980 | 298 | #617 |
| 1979 | 286 | #617 |
| 1978 | 330 | #541 |
| 1977 | 338 | #535 |
| 1976 | 352 | #507 |
| 1975 | 383 | #479 |
| 1974 | 456 | #429 |
| 1973 | 477 | #414 |
| 1972 | 605 | #363 |
| 1971 | 752 | #338 |
| 1970 | 863 | #315 |
| 1969 | 1,037 | #275 |
| 1968 | 1,021 | #263 |
| 1967 | 1,179 | #243 |
| 1966 | 1,417 | #216 |
| 1965 | 1,625 | #205 |
| 1964 | 1,929 | #191 |
| 1963 | 2,129 | #181 |
| 1962 | 2,379 | #171 |
| 1961 | 2,580 | #160 |
| 1960 | 2,897 | #147 |
| 1959 | 3,135 | #138 |
| 1958 | 3,319 | #131 |
| 1957 | 3,721 | #119 |
| 1956 | 4,099 | #109 |
| 1955 | 4,239 | #101 |
| 1954 | 4,457 | #93 |
| 1953 | 4,900 | #87 |
| 1952 | 4,950 | #83 |
| 1951 | 5,025 | #80 |
| 1950 | 5,053 | #74 |
| 1949 | 5,284 | #69 |
| 1948 | 5,548 | #64 |
| 1947 | 6,029 | #58 |
| 1946 | 5,987 | #51 |
| 1945 | 5,820 | #46 |
| 1944 | 6,324 | #42 |
| 1943 | 7,128 | #40 |
| 1942 | 7,176 | #41 |
| 1941 | 7,081 | #38 |
| 1940 | 7,767 | #31 |
| 1939 | 7,687 | #29 |
| 1938 | 8,603 | #25 |
| 1937 | 8,883 | #22 |
| 1936 | 9,226 | #15 |
| 1935 | 10,604 | #13 |
| 1934 | 11,627 | #11 |
| 1933 | 12,025 | #10 |
| 1932 | 12,910 | #10 |
| 1931 | 13,629 | #10 |
| 1930 | 15,464 | #9 |
| 1929 | 16,498 | #6 |
| 1928 | 16,575 | #7 |
| 1927 | 16,512 | #7 |
| 1926 | 16,295 | #7 |
| 1925 | 16,075 | #8 |
| 1924 | 15,786 | #9 |
| 1923 | 14,610 | #11 |
| 1922 | 13,798 | #11 |
| 1921 | 13,152 | #13 |
| 1920 | 11,892 | #14 |
| 1919 | 9,433 | #18 |
| 1918 | 9,061 | #19 |
| 1917 | 7,819 | #25 |
| 1916 | 7,161 | #32 |
| 1915 | 6,292 | #34 |
| 1914 | 4,429 | #36 |
| 1913 | 3,049 | #44 |
| 1912 | 2,657 | #48 |
| 1911 | 1,812 | #56 |
| 1910 | 1,536 | #64 |
| 1909 | 1,298 | #64 |
| 1908 | 1,155 | #70 |
| 1907 | 1,023 | #76 |
| 1906 | 856 | #83 |
| 1905 | 812 | #83 |
| 1904 | 736 | #88 |
| 1903 | 629 | #95 |
| 1902 | 656 | #93 |
| 1901 | 530 | #101 |
| 1900 | 557 | #117 |
| 1899 | 431 | #113 |
| 1898 | 429 | #125 |
| 1897 | 349 | #139 |
| 1896 | 307 | #152 |
| 1895 | 198 | #193 |
| 1894 | 187 | #191 |
| 1893 | 134 | #225 |
| 1892 | 134 | #223 |
| 1891 | 86 | #264 |
| 1890 | 87 | #268 |
| 1889 | 60 | #315 |
| 1888 | 55 | #325 |
| 1887 | 38 | #348 |
| 1886 | 28 | #406 |
| 1885 | 30 | #373 |
| 1884 | 23 | #416 |
| 1883 | 21 | #411 |
| 1882 | 16 | #458 |
| 1881 | 10 | #539 |
| 1880 | 9 | #580 |
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