Dorcas is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 1923 and has since faded.
Dorcas is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #4,002 for girl births in the United States (and #7,008 across all names), given to 36 babies. Dorcas was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1923 (142 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | 36 | #4,002 |
| 2024 | 20 | 20 | #6,004 |
| 2023 | 22 | 22 | #5,602 |
| 2022 | 26 | 26 | #5,061 |
| 2021 | 26 | 26 | #4,995 |
| 2020 | 34 | 34 | #4,101 |
| 2019 | 25 | 25 | #5,200 |
| 2018 | 35 | 35 | #4,095 |
| 2017 | 22 | 22 | #5,716 |
| 2016 | 27 | 27 | #5,035 |
| 2015 | 30 | 30 | #4,626 |
| 2014 | 22 | 22 | #5,845 |
| 2013 | 25 | 25 | #5,361 |
| 2012 | 22 | 22 | #5,959 |
| 2011 | 27 | 27 | #5,106 |
| 2010 | 21 | 21 | #6,242 |
| 2009 | 21 | 21 | #6,379 |
| 2008 | 23 | 23 | #5,997 |
| 2007 | 21 | 21 | #6,395 |
| 2006 | 18 | 18 | #6,942 |
| 2005 | 28 | 28 | #4,745 |
| 2004 | 21 | 21 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 23 | 23 | #5,281 |
| 2002 | 21 | 21 | #5,517 |
| 2001 | 18 | 18 | #6,144 |
| 2000 | 27 | 27 | #4,443 |
| 1999 | 25 | 25 | #4,484 |
| 1998 | 21 | 21 | #5,003 |
| 1997 | 23 | — | #4,553 |
| 1996 | 27 | — | #3,970 |
| 1995 | 25 | — | #4,132 |
| 1994 | 33 | — | #3,386 |
| 1993 | 31 | — | #3,521 |
| 1992 | 25 | — | #4,122 |
| 1991 | 34 | — | #3,233 |
| 1990 | 31 | — | #3,454 |
| 1989 | 26 | — | #3,812 |
| 1988 | 26 | — | #3,616 |
| 1987 | 26 | — | #3,446 |
| 1986 | 33 | — | #2,865 |
| 1985 | 45 | — | #2,262 |
| 1984 | 26 | — | #3,254 |
| 1983 | 32 | — | #2,732 |
| 1982 | 37 | — | #2,547 |
| 1981 | 39 | — | #2,456 |
| 1980 | 44 | — | #2,255 |
| 1979 | 45 | — | #2,194 |
| 1978 | 48 | — | #1,994 |
| 1977 | 44 | — | #2,134 |
| 1976 | 41 | — | #2,108 |
| 1975 | 37 | — | #2,244 |
| 1974 | 41 | — | #2,037 |
| 1973 | 37 | — | #2,141 |
| 1972 | 44 | — | #1,901 |
| 1971 | 37 | — | #2,188 |
| 1970 | 45 | — | #1,911 |
| 1969 | 57 | — | #1,575 |
| 1968 | 49 | — | #1,655 |
| 1967 | 51 | — | #1,585 |
| 1966 | 60 | — | #1,419 |
| 1965 | 66 | — | #1,353 |
| 1964 | 87 | — | #1,185 |
| 1963 | 77 | — | #1,253 |
| 1962 | 88 | — | #1,169 |
| 1961 | 80 | — | #1,234 |
| 1960 | 95 | — | #1,104 |
| 1959 | 74 | — | #1,248 |
| 1958 | 73 | — | #1,242 |
| 1957 | 88 | — | #1,117 |
| 1956 | 78 | — | #1,178 |
| 1955 | 107 | — | #956 |
| 1954 | 82 | — | #1,089 |
| 1953 | 70 | — | #1,158 |
| 1952 | 79 | — | #1,060 |
| 1951 | 74 | — | #1,080 |
| 1950 | 71 | — | #1,091 |
| 1949 | 70 | — | #1,070 |
| 1948 | 83 | — | #956 |
| 1947 | 73 | — | #1,040 |
| 1946 | 88 | — | #887 |
| 1945 | 65 | — | #956 |
| 1944 | 69 | — | #927 |
| 1943 | 70 | — | #936 |
| 1942 | 83 | — | #836 |
| 1941 | 63 | — | #927 |
| 1940 | 86 | — | #743 |
| 1939 | 79 | — | #768 |
| 1938 | 101 | — | #683 |
| 1937 | 78 | — | #775 |
| 1936 | 63 | — | #857 |
| 1935 | 81 | — | #752 |
| 1934 | 104 | — | #657 |
| 1933 | 94 | — | #673 |
| 1932 | 113 | — | #630 |
| 1931 | 98 | — | #674 |
| 1930 | 75 | — | #819 |
| 1929 | 116 | — | #648 |
| 1928 | 87 | — | #767 |
| 1927 | 111 | — | #689 |
| 1926 | 126 | — | #641 |
| 1925 | 130 | — | #640 |
| 1924 | 108 | — | #715 |
| 1923 | 142 | — | #617 |
| 1922 | 125 | — | #655 |
| 1921 | 140 | — | #620 |
| 1920 | 126 | — | #644 |
| 1919 | 106 | — | #679 |
| 1918 | 106 | — | #698 |
| 1917 | 101 | — | #684 |
| 1916 | 114 | — | #634 |
| 1915 | 86 | — | #722 |
| 1914 | 79 | — | #653 |
| 1913 | 56 | — | #695 |
| 1912 | 45 | — | #748 |
| 1911 | 44 | — | #653 |
| 1910 | 34 | — | #725 |
| 1909 | 29 | — | #751 |
| 1908 | 27 | — | #746 |
| 1907 | 31 | — | #681 |
| 1906 | 24 | — | #745 |
| 1905 | 24 | — | #739 |
| 1904 | 16 | — | #914 |
| 1903 | 23 | — | #698 |
| 1902 | 22 | — | #742 |
| 1901 | 15 | — | #861 |
| 1900 | 15 | — | #982 |
| 1899 | 9 | — | #1,119 |
| 1898 | 16 | — | #850 |
| 1897 | 19 | — | #720 |
| 1896 | 14 | — | #878 |
| 1895 | 19 | — | #728 |
| 1894 | 16 | — | #757 |
| 1893 | 20 | — | #646 |
| 1892 | 11 | — | #917 |
| 1891 | 6 | — | #1,239 |
| 1890 | 15 | — | #697 |
| 1889 | 11 | — | #810 |
| 1888 | 15 | — | #667 |
| 1887 | 11 | — | #701 |
| 1886 | 9 | — | #787 |
| 1885 | 7 | — | #859 |
| 1884 | 14 | — | #562 |
| 1883 | 8 | — | #711 |
| 1882 | 12 | — | #534 |
| 1881 | 6 | — | #760 |
| 1880 | 11 | — | #522 |