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Dory Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Dory?

In 2018 the rare name Dory, ranked the 12,748th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Uncommon, Dory would be a striking name choice.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #2,044 in 1964 with 34 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Dory was less than 5, most recently in 2015.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Dory occurred roughly during the years 1949-1952, 1957-1960, and 1966-1972, whereas 1976-1979 were years of successive downward movement.

Sometimes the name Dory has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Dory's popularity has been moving downward for some time. however, the number of children named Dory lately has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Dory?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a low point.

The name Dory is mostly unused but has recently started to rise upward in popularity.

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   Dory (Girl)Dory (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 7 12,748 < 5 --
2017 8 11,922 < 5 --
2016 6 14,808 < 5 --
2015 < 5 -- < 5 --
2014 < 5 -- < 5 --
2013 < 5 -- < 5 --
2012 < 5 -- < 5 --
2011 8 12,478 < 5 --
2010 < 5 -- < 5 --
2009 8 12,756 < 5 --
2008 6 15,950 < 5 --
2007 12 9,712 < 5 --
2006 13 8,863 < 5 --
2005 14 8,015 < 5 --
2004 16 7,173 < 5 --
2003 12 8,667 < 5 --
2002 < 5 -- < 5 --
2001 8 11,306 < 5 --
2000 8 11,019 < 5 --
1999 9 9,720 < 5 --
1998 9 9,501 < 5 --
1997 8 10,055 < 5 --
1996 7 10,897 < 5 --
1995 < 5 -- < 5 --
1994 < 5 -- < 5 --
1993 8 9,839 < 5 --
1992 10 8,254 < 5 --
1991 13 6,703 < 5 --
1990 7 10,527 < 5 --
1989 6 11,225 < 5 --
1988 9 7,883 < 5 --
1987 14 5,372 < 5 --
1986 9 7,272 5 7,019
1985 13 5,440 5 6,827
1984 7 8,401 6 5,776
1983 10 6,349 < 5 --
1982 6 9,535 5 6,630
1981 12 5,651 < 5 --
1980 17 4,376 < 5 --
1979 11 5,841 7 4,985
1978 24 3,219 6 5,257
1977 27 2,931 < 5 --
1976 22 3,207 6 5,103
1975 18 3,668 < 5 --
1974 27 2,699 10 3,389
1973 20 3,262 < 5 --
1972 32 2,323 14 2,568
1971 27 2,683 6 4,546
1970 24 2,873 11 2,941
1969 21 2,937 5 4,573
1968 16 3,360 5 4,290
1967 18 2,992 < 5 --
1966 9 4,589 < 5 --
1965 15 3,297 < 5 --
1964 34 2,044 7 3,363
1963 12 3,859 5 4,209
1962 29 2,224 < 5 --
1961 25 2,423 < 5 --
1960 28 2,207 5 4,174
1959 19 2,694 < 5 --
1958 16 3,003 < 5 --
1957 21 2,508 < 5 --
1956 23 2,336 6 3,630
1955 25 2,173 < 5 --
1954 20 2,464 < 5 --
1953 8 4,327 < 5 --
1952 19 2,430 5 3,877
1951 14 2,839 < 5 --
1950 11 3,277 < 5 --
1949 5 5,450 < 5 --
1948 < 5 -- < 5 --
1947 6 4,901 < 5 --
1946 9 3,475 < 5 --
1945 < 5 -- < 5 --
1944 < 5 -- < 5 --
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1919 < 5 -- 5 4,322
1918 < 5 -- < 5 --
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.