Name profile

Dora

Short form of Dorothy, Theodora or Isidora.

PronunciationSpanish /ˈdo.ɾa/; English /ˈdɔːɹ.ə/; Dutch /ˈdoː.raː/
Usage languagesBulgarian, Croatian, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Serbian, Spanish
US rank (2025)#2,387

Meaning and history

Dóra is a short form of Dorothy, Theodora, or Isidora.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 142 births, rank #1,539
2007: 100 births, rank #2,034
2008: 93 births, rank #2,157
2009: 102 births, rank #2,016
2010: 83 births, rank #2,296
20112011: 88 births, rank #2,156
2012: 93 births, rank #2,064
2013: 78 births, rank #2,344
2014: 88 births, rank #2,154
2015: 101 births, rank #1,972
20162016: 111 births, rank #1,857
2017: 100 births, rank #1,976
2018: 75 births, rank #2,404
2019: 102 births, rank #1,933
2020: 73 births, rank #2,394
20212021: 82 births, rank #2,251
2022: 71 births, rank #2,510
2023: 68 births, rank #2,588
2024: 68 births, rank #2,585
20252025: 75 births, rank #2,387

Dora held steady at #970 for girls between 1991 and 1992. Its highest annual birth count came in 1921, with 2,026 births.