Dorah

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Dorah is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Africa than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • ZASouth Africa≈1 in 4K(inferred from the name graph)
  • KEKenya≈1 in 30K
  • USUnited States1 in 2.1M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

South Africa (inferred from the name graph)

≈14,000 people, est.

Sources
104 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 4.0K (inferred from the name graph)

South Africa, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Dorah counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Dorah is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ZA South Africa#558≈14,000 est.≈1 in 4K—Dorah30
TZ Tanzania#861≈9,200 est.≈1 in 6.3K—Dorah25
UG Uganda#473≈7,100 est.≈1 in 6.1K—Dorah17
NG Nigeria—≈2,300 est.≈1 in 95K—Dorah22
KE Kenya—≈1,800 est.≈1 in 30K—Dorah22
US United States—1621 in 2.1M154Dorah104
SZ Eswatini—≈63 est.≈1 in 18K1—1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Eswatini EBC 2023 Secondary Elections candidate ballots. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Dorah is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Africa, Brazil, United States, Dominican Republic

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Döräh

39 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 16 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Dorah
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020154#43,502
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202210—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20208#43,502
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20237—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19236—
SZ EswatiniEswatini EBC 2023 Secondary Elections candidate ballots20231#38

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Dorah a male or female name?
Dorah is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Dorah have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 14 thousand people named Dorah in South Africa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dorah.
How common is the name Dorah?
In the United States, the national register counted 162 people named Dorah in 2020, about 1 in 2.1 million residents.
How common is Dorah compared with other names?
In South Africa, Dorah is the 558th most common given name of 189,620 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dorah” — the 558th most common given name in South Africa. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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