Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Dora

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Dora
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 96.7% from peak

Peak era

1921

Peak rank proxy

2,026

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19212024

Peak year

1921

Decline from peak

96.7%

2024

All-time

105,849

Dora once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1921, when 2,026 girls were named Dora.

In 2024, only 67 girls were given the name.

Down 96.7% from its peak.

All told, about 105,849 Americans have been named Dora and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.7% from peak

19212,026 girls named Dora

202467 girls named Dora

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