Eudora
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- yoo-DOR-ah
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #5,098 for girls
Eudora is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “good gift”. In 2025 it ranked 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
What does Eudora mean?
Greek: from eu 'good' and doron 'gift'
“good gift”
Eudora Welty (1909-2001) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer from Mississippi.
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Is Eudora a girl's or a boy's name?
Eudora is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eudora in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,098among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Eudora, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 1923, with 71 girls.
2025 had more girls named Eudora than any year since 1939.
Half of all the girls named Eudora in the US since 1880 were born between 1917 and 1950, the years shaded on the chart below.
Eudora in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,037 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,548 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,018 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,792 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,183 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,299 |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,924 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,094 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 19 | #2,430 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,713 |
| 1950 | 18 | #2,340 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,849 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,700 |
| 1947 | 16 | #2,529 |
| 1946 | 15 | #2,481 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,966 |
| 1943 | 16 | #2,250 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,192 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,899 |
| 1939 | 27 | #1,424 |
| 1938 | 23 | #1,596 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,196 |
| 1936 | 23 | #1,549 |
| 1935 | 24 | #1,514 |
| 1934 | 25 | #1,481 |
| 1933 | 29 | #1,330 |
| 1932 | 33 | #1,268 |
| 1931 | 27 | #1,420 |
| 1930 | 38 | #1,210 |
| 1929 | 34 | #1,281 |
| 1928 | 41 | #1,190 |
| 1927 | 35 | #1,361 |
| 1926 | 50 | #1,054 |
| 1925 | 51 | #1,064 |
| 1924 | 60 | #985 |
| 1923 | 71 | #871 |
| 1922 | 65 | #906 |
| 1921 | 67 | #905 |
| 1920 | 61 | #931 |
| 1919 | 55 | #954 |
| 1918 | 57 | #948 |
| 1917 | 43 | #1,079 |
| 1916 | 42 | #1,087 |
| 1915 | 46 | #979 |
| 1914 | 38 | #956 |
| 1913 | 37 | #867 |
| 1912 | 26 | #1,003 |
| 1911 | 21 | #958 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,335 |
| 1909 | 16 | #1,015 |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,261 |
| 1907 | 15 | #990 |
| 1906 | 18 | #872 |
| 1905 | 14 | #1,011 |
| 1904 | 11 | #1,092 |
| 1903 | 19 | #789 |
| 1902 | 14 | #936 |
| 1901 | 10 | #1,067 |
| 1900 | 13 | #1,052 |
| 1899 | 12 | #935 |
| 1898 | 14 | #920 |
| 1897 | 11 | #982 |
| 1896 | 13 | #903 |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,299 |
| 1894 | 12 | #905 |
| 1893 | 13 | #826 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,278 |
| 1891 | 18 | #624 |
| 1890 | 9 | #940 |
| 1889 | 7 | #1,024 |
| 1888 | 16 | #636 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,147 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,108 |
| 1885 | 8 | #793 |
| 1884 | 7 | #851 |
| 1883 | 5 | #920 |
| 1882 | 5 | #908 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 6 | #738 |
Nicknames for Eudora
- Dora 25 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Eudora
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Leona Estella Lena Cora Matilda Eva Helena Lenora Luella Odessa Ella Etta
More Greek names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Eudora: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eudora, updated 20 October 2026.