Dorcas

#3,975 for girls in 2025, 36 births

Peak · girls
#518
1880 · 11 births
Debut · girls
1880
11 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,268
since 1880

Dorcas over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Dorcas has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201888peak #518, 1880girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#3,97536
2024#5,96220
2023#5,54922
2022#5,02826
2021#4,96426
2020#4,07834
2019#5,16325
2018#4,07635
2017#5,66122
2016#4,99027
2015#4,58430
2014#5,79722
2013#5,31725
2012#5,89522
2011#5,06327
2010#6,18221
2009#6,31721
2008#5,95523
2007#6,32321
2006#6,84018
2005#4,70428
2004#5,74421
2003#5,23523
2002#5,44421
2001#6,06718
2000#4,40027
1999#4,44525
1998#4,95521
1997#4,50823
1996#3,94227
1995#4,09925
1994#3,37233
1993#3,50631
1992#4,08825
1991#3,20734
1990#3,43631
1989#3,78426
1988#3,58526
1987#3,42426
1986#2,84533
1985#2,25345
1984#3,23326
1983#2,72132
1982#2,53237
1981#2,44739
1980#2,24644
1979#2,18745
1978#1,98748
1977#2,12444
1976#2,09941
1975#2,23237
1974#2,02941
1973#2,12737
1972#1,89044
1971#2,17537
1970#1,90445
1969#1,57257
1968#1,64749
1967#1,58151
1966#1,41660
1965#1,35066
1964#1,18287
1963#1,25077
1962#1,16788
1961#1,23280
1960#1,10395
1959#1,24474
1958#1,24073
1957#1,11688
1956#1,17678
1955#953107
1954#1,08682
1953#1,15570
1952#1,05979
1951#1,07874
1950#1,09071
1949#1,07070
1948#95583
1947#1,03873
1946#88588
1945#95465
1944#92569
1943#93570
1942#83583
1941#92463
1940#74186
1939#76679
1938#682101
1937#77578
1936#85363
1935#75181
1934#656104
1933#67294
1932#629113
1931#67398
1930#81875
1929#648116
1928#76587
1927#687111
1926#639126
1925#639130
1924#715108
1923#616142
1922#654125
1921#619140
1920#644126
1919#679106
1918#697106
1917#683101
1916#634114
1915#72286
1914#65179
1913#69456
1912#74745
1911#65044
1910#72334
1909#74729
1908#74227
1907#68031
1906#74224
1905#73424
1904#91016
1903#69523
1902#73422
1901#85715
1900#97015
1899#1,0999
1898#84016
1897#71519
1896#87214
1895#72519
1894#74416
1893#64420
1892#90811
1891#1,2136
1890#69315
1889#80211
1888#66315
1887#69311
1886#7789
1885#8427
1884#55614
1883#6928
1882#53012
1881#7406
1880#51811
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Dorcas was already there! It came in at #518, and was given to 11 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

See more about Dorcas
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,987 spots since 2024 (#5,962 → #3,975)
  • 103 spots since 2020 (#4,078 → #3,975)
  • 609 spots since 2015 (#4,584 → #3,975)
  • Biggest jump: 305 spots in 1892 (#1,213 → #908)
  • Biggest drop: 520 spots in 1891 (#693 → #1,213)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #518 (11 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 67 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1900–1946
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,272
  • Highest: 1 in 8,272 girls born in 1880 were named Dorcas (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 44,646 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 16.7% of all girls named Dorcas (1,211) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s104#518 (1880)#681
1890s145#644 (1893)#845
1900s226#680 (1907)#781
1910s771#634 (1916)#688
1920s1,211#616 (1923)#663
1930s886#629 (1932)#728
1940s750#741 (1940)#926
1950s796#953 (1955)#1,120
1960s710#1,103 (1960)#1,350
1970s419#1,890 (1972)#2,075
1980s334#2,246 (1980)#2,907
1990s275#3,207 (1991)#3,956
2000s221#4,400 (2000)#5,703
2010s256#4,076 (2018)#5,273
2020s164#3,975 (2025)#4,926

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Dorcas in 1888

girls
#663
15 births · 1 in 11,908 girls

Top girls' names in 1888

  1. #1Mary11,754
  2. #2Anna4,982
  3. #3Elizabeth3,224
  4. #4Emma3,087
  5. #5Margaret2,904
  6. #6Minnie2,654
  7. #7Bertha2,450
  8. #8Florence2,444
  9. #9Ethel2,374
  10. #10Bessie2,278
  11. #663Dorcas15
More about 1888

girls

178,622 girls got a published name in 1888; 1 in 11,908 of them was named Dorcas, which outranked 55.0% of the 1,474 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dorcas
  1. #636Sybil16
  2. #636Winona16
  3. #636Zada16
  4. #663Dorcas15
  5. #663Alda15
  6. #663Alvena15
  7. #663Camilla15
  8. #690Albert14
  9. #690Almira14
  10. #690Arie14

Tied with 26 names at #663; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1887
Risers
  1. ↑ 535Zilpha#1,147 → #612
  2. ↑ 511Eudora#1,147 → #636
  3. ↑ 478Lorraine#1,036 → #558
  4. ↑ 457Dillie#1,147 → #690
  5. ↑ 457Leanna#1,147 → #690
Fallers
  1. ↓ 643Anabel#633 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 583Tennessee#693 → #1,276
  3. ↓ 576Diana#560 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 576Hope#560 → #1,136
  5. ↓ 550Margaretha#586 → #1,136

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1888 →