How Many People Are Named Doris?
people named Doris are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,689 people in the US has this name
Based on 465,789 babies named Doris in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
16,679 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the ancient Greek name Δωρις (Doris) which meant "Dorian woman". The Dorians were a Greek tribe who occupied the Peloponnese starting in the 12th century BC. In Greek mythology Doris was a sea nymph, one of the many children of Oceanus and Tethys. It began to be used as an English name in the 19th century. A famous bearer is the American actress Doris Day (1924-).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Doris in English. Counting Doris and these spellings together, about 128,961 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Doris (99.5%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Doris alive today is about 74 years old, and 88% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 67 and 85 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Doris first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1928, to 16,679 babies. In 2025, 58 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Doris reached #6 among girls' names in 1929, and was in the top 10 for 10 years, 1924 to 1933. In 2025 it ranked #2,909.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,909 |
| Best rank | #6 (1929) |
| Years in the top 10 | 10 |
| Years in the top 100 | 53 (1902 to 1954) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #8 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Doris alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Doris were born in Texas than in any other state: about 8,440 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Doris was given 1.9 times as often in Delaware, 1.7 times in New Hampshire and 1.6 times in Maryland.
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