Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Doris

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

Endangered Down 99.5% from peak

Peak era

1928

Peak rank proxy

16,574

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1880Peak 19282024

Peak year

1928

Decline from peak

99.5%

2024

All-time

462,485

Doris 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 1928, when 16,574 girls were named Doris.

In 2024, only 86 girls were given the name.

Down 99.5% from its peak.

All told, about 462,485 Americans have been named Doris and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.5% from peak

192816,574 girls named Doris

202486 girls named Doris

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