Dorcas
2 countries#3975 in United States, 2025US
#3975
in United States, 2025
FR
#5124
in France, 2022
Total births recorded
7,526
Peak year (United States)
1923
Peak-year count
142
First recorded
1880
Popularity across 2 countries
Each line is scaled to its own peak, so you can compare when Dorcas was in fashion in each country, whatever the population size.
United StatesFrance
Country by country
United States
7,268 births recorded 1880–2025 · currently #3975 · peaked in 1923 with 142 births
Most common in: Pennsylvania, New York, North Carolina, Texas, Ohio
Source: Social Security Administration, official birth-registration data
France
258 births recorded 1966–2022 · currently #5124 · peaked in 2005 with 21 births
Most common in: Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne, Paris, Val-d'Oise, Essonne
Source: INSEE, official birth-registration data
United States rank history
Dorcas’s rank among girls’ names, most recent 20 years on record.
| Year | Rank | vs. prior yr |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | #6840 | — |
| 2007 | #6323 | ↑517 |
| 2008 | #5955 | ↑368 |
| 2009 | #6317 | ↓362 |
| 2010 | #6182 | ↑135 |
| 2011 | #5063 | ↑1119 |
| 2012 | #5895 | ↓832 |
| 2013 | #5317 | ↑578 |
| 2014 | #5797 | ↓480 |
| 2015 | #4584 | ↑1213 |
| 2016 | #4990 | ↓406 |
| 2017 | #5661 | ↓671 |
| 2018 | #4076 | ↑1585 |
| 2019 | #5163 | ↓1087 |
| 2020 | #4078 | ↑1085 |
| 2021 | #4964 | ↓886 |
| 2022 | #5028 | ↓64 |
| 2023 | #5549 | ↓521 |
| 2024 | #5962 | ↓413 |
| 2025 | #3975 | ↑1987 |