Doris
About Doris
Doris had long been on our so-far-out-it-will-always-be-out-for-babies list, and seemed to be written there in indelible ink. But there are signs of a sea change, that Doris could profit from the revivals of Dorothy and Dorothea.
She may not look it now, but Doris was considered the paragon of grace when she was part of a group of s-ending names (Phyllis, Frances) fashionable in the 1920s, and it got another shot of life when attached to the perky Doris Day in the fifties. In classical Greek mythology, Doris is the daughter of Oceanus, god of the sea, who gave birth to fifty golden-haired sea nymphs.
Pronounced DOR-is.
As of October 2026, Doris ranked #2909 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #6 in 1929, Nameberry popularity #647.
Editor's take: The name Doris is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "gift of the ocean".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,696 | 124 | 69.4 |
| 2015 | #2,216 | 85 | 47.6 |
| 2016 | #1,761 | 118 | 66.6 |
| 2017 | #2,099 | 92 | 53.3 |
| 2018 | #1,834 | 111 | 65.3 |
| 2019 | #1,749 | 118 | 70.3 |
| 2020 | #2,378 | 74 | 45.8 |
| 2021 | #2,422 | 74 | 45.1 |
| 2022 | #2,195 | 86 | 52.4 |
| 2023 | #2,380 | 76 | 47.4 |
| 2024 | #2,195 | 86 | 53.1 |
| 2025 | #2,909 | 58 | 36.1 |
World rankings
Similar names
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- Edna
- Hilda
- Phyllis
- Geraldine
- Thelma
- Dolores
- Mildred
- Velma
- Dora
- Gladys
- Shirley
- Wanda
- Georgienne
- Gertrude
- Bernice
- Francine
- Wilma
- Norma
- Ethel
- Joan
Doris on lists
Famous Doriss
- Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff "Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff"
American actress and singer
- Doris May Lessing
British novel
- Doris May Roberts
American actress
- Doris Kearns Goodwin
American historian and biographer
- Nicole Mourelatos "Doris Cellar"
American singer of band Freelance Whales
- Doris Elaine Troy
American R&B singer
- Doris Hart
American tennis player
- Doris Duke
American tobacco heiress
- Doris Okada Matsui
U.S. Congresswoman from California
- Hessy Doris Lloyd "Doris Lloyd"
English actress
- Doris Leuthard
VP of Switzerland
- Doris Bures
President of the National Council of Austria
- Doris Poppet Deakin
sister to Louis Tomlinson of band One Direction
- Valerie Doris Gresham
daughter of singer Solomon Burke
- Doris Day (born Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff)
American actress and singer
Doris in pop culture
- Doris Thatcher
character in movie "Hot Fuzz"
- Doris Vinyard
character from movie "American History X"
- Doris Lydon
character from TV series "American Gothic"
- Doris Zander
character from "Ouija"
- Doris Walker
character in 1947's "Miracle on 34th Street"
- Doris Miller
later Grove, character on Mr. Selfridge
- Doris Elward
character in the "St Clare" book series by Enid Blyton
- Doris
Oompa Loompa from movie "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
- Doris
tour bus in film "Almost Famous"
- Doris
the evil bowler hat from Disney's "Meet the Robinsons"
- Doris
2013 album by Earl Sweatshirt