Dorcas
#3,975 for girls in 2025, 36 births
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 11 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,268since 1880
Dorcas over time
Rank among girls' names. Dorcas has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,975 | 36 |
| 2024 | #5,962 | 20 |
| 2023 | #5,549 | 22 |
| 2022 | #5,028 | 26 |
| 2021 | #4,964 | 26 |
| 2020 | #4,078 | 34 |
| 2019 | #5,163 | 25 |
| 2018 | #4,076 | 35 |
| 2017 | #5,661 | 22 |
| 2016 | #4,990 | 27 |
| 2015 | #4,584 | 30 |
| 2014 | #5,797 | 22 |
| 2013 | #5,317 | 25 |
| 2012 | #5,895 | 22 |
| 2011 | #5,063 | 27 |
| 2010 | #6,182 | 21 |
| 2009 | #6,317 | 21 |
| 2008 | #5,955 | 23 |
| 2007 | #6,323 | 21 |
| 2006 | #6,840 | 18 |
| 2005 | #4,704 | 28 |
| 2004 | #5,744 | 21 |
| 2003 | #5,235 | 23 |
| 2002 | #5,444 | 21 |
| 2001 | #6,067 | 18 |
| 2000 | #4,400 | 27 |
| 1999 | #4,445 | 25 |
| 1998 | #4,955 | 21 |
| 1997 | #4,508 | 23 |
| 1996 | #3,942 | 27 |
| 1995 | #4,099 | 25 |
| 1994 | #3,372 | 33 |
| 1993 | #3,506 | 31 |
| 1992 | #4,088 | 25 |
| 1991 | #3,207 | 34 |
| 1990 | #3,436 | 31 |
| 1989 | #3,784 | 26 |
| 1988 | #3,585 | 26 |
| 1987 | #3,424 | 26 |
| 1986 | #2,845 | 33 |
| 1985 | #2,253 | 45 |
| 1984 | #3,233 | 26 |
| 1983 | #2,721 | 32 |
| 1982 | #2,532 | 37 |
| 1981 | #2,447 | 39 |
| 1980 | #2,246 | 44 |
| 1979 | #2,187 | 45 |
| 1978 | #1,987 | 48 |
| 1977 | #2,124 | 44 |
| 1976 | #2,099 | 41 |
| 1975 | #2,232 | 37 |
| 1974 | #2,029 | 41 |
| 1973 | #2,127 | 37 |
| 1972 | #1,890 | 44 |
| 1971 | #2,175 | 37 |
| 1970 | #1,904 | 45 |
| 1969 | #1,572 | 57 |
| 1968 | #1,647 | 49 |
| 1967 | #1,581 | 51 |
| 1966 | #1,416 | 60 |
| 1965 | #1,350 | 66 |
| 1964 | #1,182 | 87 |
| 1963 | #1,250 | 77 |
| 1962 | #1,167 | 88 |
| 1961 | #1,232 | 80 |
| 1960 | #1,103 | 95 |
| 1959 | #1,244 | 74 |
| 1958 | #1,240 | 73 |
| 1957 | #1,116 | 88 |
| 1956 | #1,176 | 78 |
| 1955 | #953 | 107 |
| 1954 | #1,086 | 82 |
| 1953 | #1,155 | 70 |
| 1952 | #1,059 | 79 |
| 1951 | #1,078 | 74 |
| 1950 | #1,090 | 71 |
| 1949 | #1,070 | 70 |
| 1948 | #955 | 83 |
| 1947 | #1,038 | 73 |
| 1946 | #885 | 88 |
| 1945 | #954 | 65 |
| 1944 | #925 | 69 |
| 1943 | #935 | 70 |
| 1942 | #835 | 83 |
| 1941 | #924 | 63 |
| 1940 | #741 | 86 |
| 1939 | #766 | 79 |
| 1938 | #682 | 101 |
| 1937 | #775 | 78 |
| 1936 | #853 | 63 |
| 1935 | #751 | 81 |
| 1934 | #656 | 104 |
| 1933 | #672 | 94 |
| 1932 | #629 | 113 |
| 1931 | #673 | 98 |
| 1930 | #818 | 75 |
| 1929 | #648 | 116 |
| 1928 | #765 | 87 |
| 1927 | #687 | 111 |
| 1926 | #639 | 126 |
| 1925 | #639 | 130 |
| 1924 | #715 | 108 |
| 1923 | #616 | 142 |
| 1922 | #654 | 125 |
| 1921 | #619 | 140 |
| 1920 | #644 | 126 |
| 1919 | #679 | 106 |
| 1918 | #697 | 106 |
| 1917 | #683 | 101 |
| 1916 | #634 | 114 |
| 1915 | #722 | 86 |
| 1914 | #651 | 79 |
| 1913 | #694 | 56 |
| 1912 | #747 | 45 |
| 1911 | #650 | 44 |
| 1910 | #723 | 34 |
| 1909 | #747 | 29 |
| 1908 | #742 | 27 |
| 1907 | #680 | 31 |
| 1906 | #742 | 24 |
| 1905 | #734 | 24 |
| 1904 | #910 | 16 |
| 1903 | #695 | 23 |
| 1902 | #734 | 22 |
| 1901 | #857 | 15 |
| 1900 | #970 | 15 |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 |
| 1898 | #840 | 16 |
| 1897 | #715 | 19 |
| 1896 | #872 | 14 |
| 1895 | #725 | 19 |
| 1894 | #744 | 16 |
| 1893 | #644 | 20 |
| 1892 | #908 | 11 |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 |
| 1890 | #693 | 15 |
| 1889 | #802 | 11 |
| 1888 | #663 | 15 |
| 1887 | #693 | 11 |
| 1886 | #778 | 9 |
| 1885 | #842 | 7 |
| 1884 | #556 | 14 |
| 1883 | #692 | 8 |
| 1882 | #530 | 12 |
| 1881 | #740 | 6 |
| 1880 | #518 | 11 |
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.
Where Dorcas is popular in 1927
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#303 · 1 in 2,262
- Pennsylvania#372 · 1 in 6,126
- Kentucky#411 · 1 in 4,194
- North Carolina#476 · 1 in 6,526
- Ohio#513 · 1 in 9,163
Best ever in a state: #243 in Indiana, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #303 | 9 | 1 in 2,262 |
| Pennsylvania | #372 | 15 | 1 in 6,126 |
| Kentucky | #411 | 7 | 1 in 4,194 |
| North Carolina | #476 | 6 | 1 in 6,526 |
| Ohio | #513 | 6 | 1 in 9,163 |
| New York | #587 | 8 | 1 in 12,600 |
| Illinois | #650 | 5 | 1 in 11,822 |
| Texas | #943 | 5 | 1 in 12,115 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Dorcas
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #518 (11 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1900–1946
- 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%)
- 16.7% of all girls named Dorcas (1,211) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 104 | #518 (1880) | #681 |
| 1890s | 145 | #644 (1893) | #845 |
| 1900s | 226 | #680 (1907) | #781 |
| 1910s | 771 | #634 (1916) | #688 |
| 1920s | 1,211 | #616 (1923) | #663 |
| 1930s | 886 | #629 (1932) | #728 |
| 1940s | 750 | #741 (1940) | #926 |
| 1950s | 796 | #953 (1955) | #1,120 |
| 1960s | 710 | #1,103 (1960) | #1,350 |
| 1970s | 419 | #1,890 (1972) | #2,075 |
| 1980s | 334 | #2,246 (1980) | #2,907 |
| 1990s | 275 | #3,207 (1991) | #3,956 |
| 2000s | 221 | #4,400 (2000) | #5,703 |
| 2010s | 256 | #4,076 (2018) | #5,273 |
| 2020s | 164 | #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 1927
Top girls' names in 1927
More about 1927
girls
1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 10,743 of them was named Dorcas, which outranked 87.7% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #683Ivy112
- #683Madonna112
- #683Magdalena112
- #687Dorcas111
- #687Andrea111
- #687Cassie111
- #687Elisa111
- #693Annabell110
- #693Easter110
- #693Maud110
Tied with 5 names at #687; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.