Dory
Girl · DOR-ee · Greek
Dory is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “gift”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Dory mean?
Greek: short form of Dorothy, Doris or Theodora
“gift”
A short form of Dorothy, Doris or Theodora, and the name of the forgetful fish in Pixar's Finding Nemo.
- Say it
- DOR-ee
Is Dory a girl's or a boy's name?
Dory is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dory in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 7 girls.
Dory in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
How popular is Dory in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Dory, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1964, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 1946.
Half of all the girls named Dory in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 1988, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1978, 80% of the babies named Dory in the US were girls.
Dory in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,326 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 24 | #3,196 |
| 1977 | 27 | #2,908 |
| 1976 | 22 | #3,187 |
| 1975 | 18 | #3,636 |
| 1974 | 27 | #2,683 |
| 1973 | 20 | #3,232 |
| 1972 | 32 | #2,311 |
| 1971 | 27 | #2,665 |
| 1970 | 24 | #2,856 |
| 1969 | 21 | #2,916 |
| 1968 | 16 | #3,314 |
| 1967 | 18 | #2,963 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 15 | #3,263 |
| 1964 | 34 | #2,039 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,800 |
| 1962 | 29 | #2,209 |
| 1961 | 25 | #2,410 |
| 1960 | 28 | #2,195 |
| 1959 | 19 | #2,677 |
| 1958 | 16 | #2,971 |
| 1957 | 21 | #2,485 |
| 1956 | 23 | #2,320 |
| 1955 | 25 | #2,155 |
| 1954 | 20 | #2,449 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,225 |
| 1952 | 19 | #2,410 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,809 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,234 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 9 | #3,429 |
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