Dora

Boy · recorded 1880–1984

  • 1984last recorded
  • 1899best year

Most popular in 1899.

Last recorded in 1984. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Dora.

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

07615118801906193219581984

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 69 recorded years as a table
Dora, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188054
1882106
188386
188452
188749
188850
188981
189063
189149
189642
189744
189873
1899151
190033
190350
190447
190653
190741
190832
191026
191318
191411
19157
191612
191716
19187
191910
19207
19215
192210
192310
19245
19256
192615
192712
192814
192912
193012
19318
193215
193311
193411
19358
19369
19377
19387
19395
19408
19417
19427
19463
19473
19483
19493
19513
19523
19533
19574
19583
19593
19605
19612
19674
19683
19693
19754
19763
19784
19843

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dora isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1984
5
Rank in 1984
#6,315
How rare
1 in 360,969 boys
Since 1880
550

Dora was last recorded in 1984. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1899, at 151 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Dora doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.