Dora is a distinctive choice, ranked #1271 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Dora in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#1271
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About the Name Dora
Dora has held its ground, ranked #1,271 in 2025 and never far from its best of #952 in 2018 โ a name with lasting rather than trend-driven appeal. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Dora is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Dora in their class.
โญ Famous People Named Dora
Dora Gaitskell, Baroness Gaitskell โ Anna Dora Gaitskell, Baroness Gaitskell was a British Labour Party politician and the wife of Hugh Gaitskell, who led the Labour Party from 1955 until his death in 1963.
Dora Diamant โ Dora Diamant (Dwojra Diament, also Dymant) is best remembered as the lover of the writer Franz Kafka and the person who kept some of his last writings in her possession until they were confiscated by the Gestapo in 1933.
Dora (case study) โ Dora is the pseudonym given by Sigmund Freud to a patient whom he diagnosed with hysteria, and treated for about eleven weeks in 1900.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Dora
Unlikely. With around 25 UK babies named Dora per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Dora in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Dora is declining: down 206 places since 2020, to #1,271 in 2025. It peaked at #952 in 2018.
Dora is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Dora include: Dora Diamant, Dora (case study) and Dora Madison Burge. Short summaries for each appear below.
Dora does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice โ your child is unlikely to encounter American Doras in the wild.
25
UK babies named Dora (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↓ 206 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
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In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Dora
Almost certainly the only Dora in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Dora
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
derived from Dorothea (Dorothy) and Theodora (masculine Theodore), meaning "gift" or in its full form "god's gift", from ฮดแฟถฯฮฟฮฝ, doron, "gift" + ฮธฮตฯฯ, theos, "god".
Anna Dora Gaitskell, Baroness Gaitskell was a British Labour Party politician and the wife of Hugh Gaitskell, who led the Labour Party from 1955 until his death in 1963.
Dora Diamant (Dwojra Diament, also Dymant) is best remembered as the lover of the writer Franz Kafka and the person who kept some of his last writings in her possession until they were confiscated by the Gestapo in 1933.
Dora de Houghton Carrington, known generally as Carrington, was an English painter and decorative artist, remembered in part for her association with members of the Bloomsbury Group, especially the writer Lytton Strachey.
Dora Winifred Russell, Countess Russell was a British author, a feminist and socialist campaigner, and the second wife of the philosopher Bertrand Russell.