Dor
Dor is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Dor
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dor is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
The Story of Dor
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Dor as a girl name dates back to 2014, when 5 babies received it. 2023 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Dor — #11,156 in the national rankings. About 63% of every Dor on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Dor last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 30 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Dor as a boy name dates back to 1988, when 5 babies received it. 1995 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Dor — #7,790 in the national rankings. About 55% of every Dor on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Dor last appeared in the published SSA data in 1995, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 11 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Dor
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Dor. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Dor
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Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Dor
Dor is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2014 and has accumulated 30 births in the dataset. Dor's peak popularity came in 2023 when it ranked #11,156. Use the chart and map above to compare Dor's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.