Dora is a distinctive choice, ranked #1065 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Dora in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1065
About the Name Dora
Dora is holding steady in the rankings at #1065. It reached its peak of #952 in 2018 and has maintained consistent levels since β the hallmark of a name with lasting rather than trend-driven appeal. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Dora is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school β standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Dora
Unlikely. With around 32 UK babies named Dora per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Dora in her class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Dora has held a stable position around #1065 for several years. It reached its recorded peak of #952 in 2018 and has maintained consistent levels since β suggesting lasting rather than trend-driven appeal.
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 β 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...; Dora (case study) β Dora is the pseudonym given by Sigmund Freud to a patient whom he diagnosed with hysteria, and treated for about eleven weeks in 1900.; Dora Madison Burge β Dora Madison Burge, sometimes credited professionally as Madison Burge and Dora Madison, is an American actress..
Dora does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice β your child is unlikely to encounter American Doras in the wild.
32
UK babies named Dora (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
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Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Dora
Likely around 1 other Dora in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
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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. This retention was against the wishes of Kafka, who had requested shortly before his death that they be destroyed.
Dora is the pseudonym given by Sigmund Freud to a patient whom he diagnosed with hysteria, and treated for about eleven weeks in 1900. Her most manifest hysterical symptom was aphonia, or loss of voice.
Dorothy "Dora" Wordsworth was the daughter of poet William Wordsworth and his wife Mary Hutchinson. Her infancy inspired William Wordsworth to write "Address to My Infant Daughter" in her honour.
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. From her time as an art student, she was known simply by her surname as she considered Dora to be "vulgar and sentimental".
Henriette Theodora Markovitch, known as Dora Maar, was a French photographer and painter. Maar was both a pioneering Surrealist artist and an antifascist activist.
Dora Winifred Russell, Countess Russell was a British author, a feminist and socialist campaigner, and the second wife of the philosopher Bertrand Russell. She was a campaigner for contraception and peace.
Dora Madison Burge, sometimes credited professionally as Madison Burge and Dora Madison, is an American actress. She is known for starring as Becky Sproles on the NBC/DirecTV drama Friday Night Lights from 2009 to 2011.