Dora

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Dora: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Dora: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #202, and it stood at #1,065 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
48times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#202highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1296
1997	#1543
1998	#2165
1999	#1473
2000	#1195
2001	#1617
2002	#1784
2003	#2191
2004	#1459
2005	#1589
2006	#1386
2007	#1854
2008	#1302
2009	#1105
2010	#1389
2011	#1168
2012	#1253
2013	#1148
2014	#1299
2015	#1240
2016	#1241
2017	#1411
2018	#952
2019	#1039
2020	#1065
2021	#1128
2022	#1326
2023	#1056
2024	#1065

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 19 of the 58 years from 1964 to 2021.

In 2021: #883 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1128 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #222 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2021
Highest recorded position: #202 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1965 (recorded 1964–2021).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1065 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Dora appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 627 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1964.

Dora across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Dora's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#222 (1964)	#202 (1965)	#883 (2021)	19 of 58	95 (1964–2021)	14 (1965)
England and Wales · Girls	#1296 (1996)	#952 (2018)	#1065 (2024)	29 of 29	627 (1996–2024)	38 (2018)

Dora by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Dora in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	44	4 of 10	11
2000s	155	10 of 10	16
2010s	279	10 of 10	28
2020sbusiest	149	5 of 10	30

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 30 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Dora appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #202 in Republic of Ireland in 1965.

Dora's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1065	32	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1056	32	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1326	24	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1128	30	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1065	31	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1039	33	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#952	38	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1411	23	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1241	27	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1240	27	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1299	25	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1148	30	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1253	26	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1168	28	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1389	22	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1105	28	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1302	22	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1854	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1386	18	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1589	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1459	15	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1784	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1617	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1195	16	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1473	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1543	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1296	14	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#621	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#422	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#542	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#518	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#466	3	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	6	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#322	6	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#307	6	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#354	4	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	6	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#202	14	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#222	11	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 43 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #202, first reached in 1965.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 38 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aengus · #200, 38y
Humphrey · #204, 43y
Kerstin · #198, 43y
Turlough · #206, 46y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Dervilla · #202, 18y
Ethna · #202, 21y
Padraigh · #202, 30y
Brona · #203, 49y

Dora was ranked #202 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1965. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Dora and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Dora without appearing here.

Dora moved ahead of

Brittany Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1589 and #1500 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1386 and #3548.
Kristy Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2191 and #2191 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #1459 and #3197.
Nicola Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1326 and #1282 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1056 and #2689.
Lorraine Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1854 and #1854 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #1302 and #2721.

Moved ahead of Dora

Ida Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1386 and #1435 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #1854 and #987.
Ada Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1459 and #1617 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #1589 and #951.
Aria Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1105 and #1248 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1389 and #773.
Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1039 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1065 and #460.

Moved the opposite way to Dora

Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dora went from #222 to #883 while Alexandra went from #222 to #106.
Amelia Compare
Between 1964 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dora went from #222 to #883 while Amelia went from #300 to #11.
Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dora went from #222 to #883 while Annie went from #112 to #46.
Aoife Compare
Between 1964 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dora went from #222 to #883 while Aoife went from #206 to #32.

Moved the same way as Dora

Alison Compare
Between 1964 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dora went from #222 to #883 and Alison from #146 to #209.
Amanda Compare
Between 1964 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dora went from #222 to #883 and Amanda from #118 to #322.
Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dora went from #222 to #883 and Angela from #24 to #517.
Ann Compare
Between 1964 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Dora went from #222 to #883 and Ann from #4 to #363.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #202 in Republic of Ireland in 1965. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Dora

Dora at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dora across 2 official records

Dora by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Dora appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Dora moved ahead of

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Dora at a glance

Dora across 2 official records

Dora by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Dora appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Dora

Dora and the names beside it

Dora moved ahead of

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