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Doris

Girl's name · #2909 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

Doris is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1929, when it ranked #6. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 463,000 girls since 1880, ranked #2909 today. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 3 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#164 in Sweden (2025) · #233 in Netherlands (2025) · #893 in Austria (2025) · #911 in Ecuador (2025) · #1,994 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,162 in Canada (2024).

Famous Dorises

• Doris Lessing — British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer, and short story writer (1919–2013)
• Doris Day — American actress and singer (1922–2019)
• Doris Leuthard — Swiss politician (born 1963)
• Doris Roberts — American actress (1925–2016)
• Doris Hart — American tennis player (1925–2015)

In stories & tradition

• Doris — Oceanids
• Doris Dear — Doris Dear's Gurl Talk (web series)
• Doris Wolfe — Guiding Light (TV series)

What Dorises become

Among 1,623 notable people named Doris:

Medical professionals appear 1.66× more often than among typical names — e.g. Doris Nkiruka Uzoka-Anite, Nigerian politician and doctor (born 1973).

Similar names: Lois · Dora · Joann · Eris · Charis · Dottie

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