Dory
Dory is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 10 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 100.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 196434 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1946
- 1,085people given the name
The story in the numbers
961 girls have been named Dory in the United States since 1946, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1964, with 34 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1972, and the 1970s alone account for 24%.
It is overwhelmingly a girl’s name: 124 boys have also been given it, 11% of the total.
By decade
In 1964, its biggest year
Dory was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1964 were Lisa, Mary, Susan, Karen and Patricia. See all of 1964.
Names that rose and fell with Dory
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Milindapeak 1972
- Juleepeak 1970
- Jodeepeak 1973
- Martipeak 1969
- Linettepeak 1970
- Jolynpeak 1969
- Robbynpeak 1962
- Kendapeak 1964
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.