Girls' name · peaked in 1929
Doris name popularity since 1925
331,501 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Doris (99.3% girls, 0.7% boys). Half of them were born in 1936 or earlier, so the typical Doris is about 90 years old in 2026. Doris peaked in 1929 as the #6 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 331,501
- Named Doris, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1929
- #6 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,909 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.3% girls
- 329,177 girls · 2,324 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 2.12× its national share
Peak year is the year Doris made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Doris births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1928. Measured as a share of all babies, Doris peaked in 1929.
- Steepest fall: Between 1969 and 1974, Doris's share of baby girls fell by 49%, from 1 in 1,630 to 1 in 3,220.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Doris's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Doris.
Decade by decade
Babies named Doris in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 81,955 | 511 | – |
| 1930s | 110,658 | 969 | #13 |
| 1940s | 64,144 | 440 | #46 |
| 1950s | 42,898 | 211 | #101 |
| 1960s | 18,193 | 121 | #205 |
| 1970s | 4,842 | 42 | #480 |
| 1980s | 2,467 | 30 | #681 |
| 1990s | 1,645 | 0 | #1,185 |
| 2000s | 946 | 0 | #2,032 |
| 2010s | 974 | 0 | #2,216 |
| 2020–25 | 455 | 0 | #2,909 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
56.3% of babies named Doris from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Doris is most popular
The index compares Doris's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Doris.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 2.12× | 8,517 |
| Alabama | 2.07× | 12,103 |
| North Carolina | 1.97× | 18,441 |
| West Virginia | 1.88× | 5,468 |
| Arkansas | 1.86× | 6,313 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Doris and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Doris (this page) | 329,177 | 1929 |
| Dorris | 4,480 | 1926 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Doris's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Doris.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Doris (1929).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data