girls:
18 births since 1920
#5698 (0th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1921
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
23 births since 1920
#7716 (0th percentile)
The name Dores is the #7,716 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 23 recorded births since 1920. This represents the 0.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,698 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 18 births since 1920. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1921.
Dores first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1920 (1920 for girls and 1921 for boys). Birth data for Dores is available in 3 out of the 7 years between 1920 and 1926 (3 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Dores has been given predominantly to girls, with 78.3% of all recorded births being female. In 1926, 100.0% of babies named Dores were girls.
For girls, Dores reached its peak popularity in 1921, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #603) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1921, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1926.
For boys, Dores reached its peak popularity in 1921, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #550) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1921, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1921.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dores".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Dores. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 45.7% confident that Dores is pronounced as DAW-rihs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is dorz, at 22.9% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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