Masterpiece Generator Name Generator
How popular is the name Doris?
Births per year, rank history and how many Dorises are alive today.
Doris (female), once a common girls' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 6 in 2025, ranked 3705th. The name peaked in 1904, when around 19,200 babies were given the name, the 3rd most popular that year. It has declined since 1904; the 2025 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. At least 420,000 babies have been named Doris in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Doris you are most likely to meet is around 96 years old. Half of all Dorises born in England and Wales are between 72 and 97, and there are at least 22,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 6.7% chance that at least one of them will be called Doris.
How many babies are named Doris each year?
Where does Doris rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Doris most popular?
Doris peaked in 1904, when around 19,200 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Doris?
At least 22,000 people named Doris born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Doris?
Most living Dorises are between 72 and 97; the most common age is about 96.
Is Doris becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1904 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.