Dory
- #11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- Last seen for boys in 1986 at #6,721
- Given to girls 88.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1964 · 34 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 968since 1946
Dory over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 | — | |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | — | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | — | |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | — | |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | — | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | — | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | — | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | — | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | — | |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 | — | |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 | — | |
| 2005 | #7,891 | 14 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,077 | 16 | — | |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 | — | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | — | |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | — | |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | — | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | — | |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | — | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | — | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #3,196 | 24 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #2,909 | 27 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,188 | 22 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,683 | 27 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #3,233 | 20 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,311 | 32 | #2,534 | 14 |
| 1971 | #2,665 | 27 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #2,856 | 24 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #2,917 | 21 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #3,315 | 16 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #2,963 | 18 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,264 | 15 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,040 | 34 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #2,210 | 29 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,411 | 25 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,196 | 28 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #2,678 | 19 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,972 | 16 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,486 | 21 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,321 | 23 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #2,156 | 25 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,450 | 20 | — | |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,411 | 19 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #2,810 | 14 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 | — | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | — | |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 | — | |
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| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1946
The first year at least five girls were named Dory! It came in at #3,430, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1948–1949, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Dory is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Dory in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Dory
Momentum · girls
Brand new
- 2,376 spots since 2024 (#9,556 → #11,932)
Rise & fade · girls
18 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 1964 at #2,040 (34 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 47,539
- Highest: 1 in 47,539 girls born in 1972 were named Dory (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,040 in 1964, was only 1 in 55,731 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 24.0% of all girls named Dory (232) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1946
- Mostly boys until 1945, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 20 | #3,430 (1946) | #4,479 |
| 1950s | 176 | #2,156 (1955) | #2,775 |
| 1960s | 207 | #2,040 (1964) | #2,961 |
| 1970s | 232 | #2,311 (1972) | #3,243 |
| 1980s | 103 | #4,327 (1980) | #6,983 |
| 1990s | 71 | #6,588 (1991) | #9,189 |
| 2000s | 97 | #7,077 (2004) | #10,147 |
| 2010s | 36 | #11,615 (2017) | #12,602 |
| 2020s | 26 | #9,556 (2024) | #10,600 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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