Doris

“Dorian woman; ultimately from Greek 'gift' (dōron)” — Greek origin

Girl's name · #2909 in the US (2025) · Heirloom

Doris is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1929, when it ranked #6. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 463,000 girls since 1880, ranked #2909 today. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Dory is a short form of Doris.

Around the world: about 1 in 860 girls in Sweden (2025) · about 1 in 6,700 girls in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 8,900 girls in Austria (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 3 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Dorises

Doris Lessing — British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer, and short story writer (1919–2013)
Doris Day — American actress and singer (1922–2019)
Doris Leuthard — lawyer, politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council (2006-2018)
Doris Roberts — American actress (1925–2016)
Doris Hart — American tennis player (1925–2015)

In stories & tradition

Doris — Oceanids
Doris Dear — fictional human
Doris Wolfe — Guiding Light

What Dorises become

Among 1,623 notable people named Doris:

Medical professionals appear 1.66× more often than among typical names — e.g. Doris Nkiruka Uzoka-Anite, Nigerian politician and doctor (born 1973).

Similar names: Lois · Dora · Joanne · Eris · Charis · Dottie

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