Girl
Doris
As a girl's name, Doris traces back to Greek, where it is understood to mean "Gift". It belongs mostly to the 1920s at this point. These days, it is familiar to most people. It has quietly persisted through most of the last century of American birth records.
GreekGift
GreekOf the sea, from the Dorian region
Births by decade
1900s
8,319
1910s
53,648
1920s
152,127
1930s
111,615
1940s
64,572
1950s
43,108
1960s
18,307
1970s
4,886
1980s
2,497
1990s
1,645
2000s
944
2010s
741
Peaked in the 1920s · 462,409 total U.S. births since 1900