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Dor

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Diminutive of Dora or Dorothea

Dor has been given to 41 babies in the U.S. since 2014. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2023, with 8 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 73% girls, 27% boys all-time.

Babies named Dor, 2023

1 in 414,000

Dor over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Dor over time

In 2023, Dor went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19882023

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Dor: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Dora or Dorothea

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Dor means

Dor is a diminutive of Dora or Dorothea.

Origin, language, and formation

Dor is used in East Central German.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Dora and Dorothea.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 30 girls were recorded with the name Dor between 2014 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2023; its best national rank was #11,469 in 2023.

In the United States, 11 boys were recorded with the name Dor between 1988 and 1995. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1995; its best national rank was #7,596 in 1988.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Dor?

Dor had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2023, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2023
1 in 414,000
8 of 3,314,783 births
Among girls only
1 in 201,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2023
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
287,205 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Dor sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2023 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 287,205 children born in 2023 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dor. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Dors were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Dor was born before 2020 — so the typical Dor is around 5 today.

Median birth year
2020
About 5 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
63.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
30
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 63.3% of all recorded uses (19).

Is Dor rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 2023 (8)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
8.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#11,469
2023

Dor by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#11,469
2023
Peak year
2023
8 that year
First recorded
2014
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
30
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#7,596
1988
Peak year
1995
6 that year
First recorded
1988
Last recorded
1995
All-time count
11
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Dor

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Dor

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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