# Doris (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/doris/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdɔɹɪs/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Dor |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 465,789 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,241 / 462,548 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 194, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δωρίς (Dōrís). Etymology 1 sense 7 is owing to similarity to Boris.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 75 | 2,442 |
| 2012 | 102 | 1,931 |
| 2013 | 82 | 2,266 |
| 2014 | 124 | 1,698 |
| 2015 | 85 | 2,216 |
| 2016 | 118 | 1,762 |
| 2017 | 92 | 2,099 |
| 2018 | 111 | 1,835 |
| 2019 | 118 | 1,749 |
| 2020 | 74 | 2,380 |
| 2021 | 74 | 2,423 |
| 2022 | 86 | 2,197 |
| 2023 | 77 | 2,359 |
| 2024 | 86 | 2,205 |
| 2025 | 58 | 2,909 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 8 | 3,058 |
| 1968 | 13 | 2,359 |
| 1969 | 13 | 2,455 |
| 1970 | 5 | 4,909 |
| 1971 | 9 | 3,439 |
| 1972 | 6 | 4,589 |
| 1973 | 5 | 5,306 |
| 1974 | 6 | 4,787 |
| 1977 | 5 | 6,114 |
| 1978 | 6 | 5,256 |
| 1980 | 7 | 5,087 |
| 1983 | 5 | 6,519 |
| 1986 | 5 | 7,022 |
| 1987 | 7 | 5,660 |
| 1989 | 6 | 7,237 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 12 | 2,176 |
| 2014 | 12 | 2,203 |
| 2015 | 13 | 2,070 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,502 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2,340 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,458 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,615 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,711 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,689 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,411 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

## People named Doris

- Doris Lessing, British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer, and short story writer (1919–2
- Doris Day, American actress and singer (1922–2019)
- Doris Roberts, American actress (1925–2016)
- Doris Hart, American tennis player (1925–2015)
- Doris Dragović, Croatian singer
- Doris Bures, Austrian politician
- Doris Miller, first African American recipient of the Navy Cross (1919–1943)
- Doris Dörrie, German film director, writer and film producer (born 1955)
- Doris Matsui, American politician (born 1944)
- Doris Eaton Travis, American singer, dancer, actress, rancher (1904–2010)
- Doris Kareva, Estonian poet and translator (born 1958)
- Doris Fitschen, German football player (1968–2025)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.