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Dora
Pronounced /ˈdoɹ.ə/
Rank in 2024
#2,620
Born in 2024
67
Peak year
1921 · #130
Origin
Ancient Greek
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 67 girls were named Dora, about 1 in every 24,077.
- It peaked in 1921 with 2,026 babies, ranked #130.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 105,849 girls have been named Dora since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Dora per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 1.8Greatest1901–27
- 1.0Silent1928–45
- 0.5Boomers1946–64
- 0.3Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 36,175 babies, 1.77 per 1,000. Silent: 21,397 babies, 1.04 per 1,000. Boomers: 17,585 babies, 0.49 per 1,000. Gen X: 7,291 babies, 0.29 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,328 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,127 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,016 babies, 0.05 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
A diminutive of Dorothy used since early 19th century. Sometimes also short for Theodora or Isidora.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /ˈdoɹ.ə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Dora, CC BY-SA 4.0.