Dorcas
Dorcas is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 20 births. Its best rank was 522nd, in 1880.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 200.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1923142 births
- Best rank
- #522in 1880
- Since 1880
- 7,231people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,231 girls have been named Dorcas in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1923, with 142 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1943, and the 1920s alone account for 17%. It has spent 67 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Dorcas | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 104 | |
| 1890s | 145 | |
| 1900s | 226 | |
| 1910s | 771 | |
| 1920s | 1,211 | |
| 1930s | 886 | |
| 1940s | 750 | |
| 1950s | 796 | |
| 1960s | 710 | |
| 1970s | 419 | |
| 1980s | 334 | |
| 1990s | 275 | |
| 2000s | 220 | |
| 2010s | 256 | |
| 2020s | 128 |
In 1923, its biggest year
Dorcas was the 617th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1923 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Betty. See all of 1923.
Names that rose and fell with Dorcas
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mariettapeak 1921
- Margaretpeak 1921
- Lenorapeak 1924
- Dollypeak 1926
- Rowenapeak 1917
- Eugeniapeak 1919
- Marypeak 1921
- Jeannettepeak 1917
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.