Dorcus is a very rare variant of Dorcas that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Dorcus is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1983. Dorcus was first reported in SSA data in 1917 and peaked in 1920 (11 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 5 | — | #10,722 | — |
| 1979 | 6 | — | #9,300 | — |
| 1978 | 5 | — | #10,174 | — |
| 1972 | 5 | — | — | #5,176 |
| 1969 | 6 | — | #6,850 | — |
| 1967 | 6 | — | #6,222 | — |
| 1965 | 9 | — | #4,589 | — |
| 1964 | 10 | — | #4,427 | — |
| 1963 | 6 | — | #6,060 | — |
| 1962 | 5 | — | #6,829 | — |
| 1960 | 11 | — | #3,973 | — |
| 1959 | 5 | — | #6,509 | — |
| 1958 | 5 | — | #6,341 | — |
| 1957 | 5 | — | #6,312 | — |
| 1956 | 5 | — | #6,197 | — |
| 1955 | 10 | — | #3,852 | — |
| 1954 | 5 | — | #5,958 | — |
| 1953 | 5 | — | #5,891 | — |
| 1952 | 5 | — | #5,781 | — |
| 1951 | 7 | — | #4,485 | — |
| 1950 | 5 | — | #5,500 | — |
| 1949 | 5 | — | #5,445 | — |
| 1948 | 6 | — | #4,812 | — |
| 1947 | 7 | — | #4,461 | — |
| 1945 | 7 | — | #3,759 | — |
| 1942 | 5 | — | #4,799 | — |
| 1939 | 5 | — | #4,410 | — |
| 1938 | 8 | — | #3,255 | — |
| 1937 | 9 | — | #2,997 | — |
| 1936 | 6 | — | #3,809 | — |
| 1935 | 5 | — | #4,376 | — |
| 1933 | 8 | — | #3,184 | — |
| 1932 | 5 | — | #4,576 | — |
| 1931 | 11 | — | #2,620 | — |
| 1930 | 5 | — | #4,727 | — |
| 1929 | 6 | — | #4,198 | — |
| 1928 | 5 | — | #4,892 | — |
| 1927 | 5 | — | #4,994 | — |
| 1926 | 7 | — | #3,975 | — |
| 1925 | 7 | — | #4,124 | — |
| 1922 | 8 | — | #3,742 | — |
| 1920 | 11 | — | #2,960 | — |
| 1919 | 5 | — | #4,995 | — |
| 1918 | 5 | — | #5,015 | — |
| 1917 | 5 | — | #4,763 | — |