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I certainly think it's in the realm of possibility. Maybe not popular, but more popular. Clunkier names are going to be trending soon, err...already are, with the more hipster-y folks. So Doris would fit that bill. Give it a couple, maybe 5 years? I like it well enough, but I LOVE Dorothy.

Sometimes it's a male name, where I live.Although also used for girls.No-one is surprised to learn of a man named Doris.

It's clunky, but charming in its own way. I would never use it, but I think it's cool.

I do have a soft spot for Doris, simply because I grew up watching Doris Day movies! A cute name, but I don't see it getting popular any time soon.

I sure hope so! Never really thought about it beyond Day before, but now I am kind of falling in love with it. Adelaide and Doris, hm...

I don't know if it will ever be popular again, but I love the name! I've been flirting with Doris Eva lately.

I know a couple of Doris's around my age and a bit younger, all of Egyptian background living in Australia. I think it must have been popular in that particular group around 20 years ago? Because of that, I can easily picture it on a young woman or girl because I went right through school with those girls.

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Names ending in -is haven't seem to catch on yet, it isn't a popular sound. If it comes back, I don't think it will be for awhile.

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I'm indifferent to the name. It definitely isn't pretty but it has some spunk. Some days I think it sounds kind of goofy.

I don't like Doris. It sounds dorky to me. As far as whether or not it will become popular again, who knows? My daughter is considering Hazel for a future daughter, and that name has been making a steady rise in the charts, and back when I was a young'un, I don't think anyone thought Hazel would ever rise from the grave.

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But even though I don't I like it....dare I say it....Doris on a toddler is refreshing!

No, I don't predict it will be popular again, not for several more generations, if at all.
I think it's ugly anyway.

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I remember years ago hearing about some Siamese twins that had been separated, they were only about two, I think. Their names were Bessie and Doris. Sounded like two old ladies in the nursing home. They were from Guatemala or someplace like that so probably the names seemed unusual and exotic to the parents.