NameTides

Dorcas

Dorcas was the #3,975 girls' name in the US in 2025 (36 babies), and #3,478 in Canada.

Dorcas as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Dorcas as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Dorcas as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#3,975 (36)——#3,478 (5)
2024#5,962 (20)#3,696 (6)—#3,383 (5)
2023#5,549 (22)#3,599 (6)—#2,366 (8)
2022#5,028 (26)——#1,727 (12)
2021#4,964 (26)#2,942 (8)—#3,280 (5)
2020#4,078 (34)——#2,591 (7)
2019#5,163 (25)——#2,025 (10)
2018#4,076 (35)#4,684 (4)——
2017#5,661 (22)——#2,374 (8)
2016#4,990 (27)#2,367 (11)—#2,595 (7)
2015#4,584 (30)#2,705 (9)——
2014#5,797 (22)#3,160 (7)—#2,185 (9)
2013#5,317 (25)#3,536 (6)—#3,286 (5)
2012#5,895 (22)#2,717 (9)#907 (3)—
2011#5,063 (27)#3,185 (7)—#2,618 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1880 at #518.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 45,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 45,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Dorcas is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 57,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 35,000 to 1 in 94,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Dorcas by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Dorcas (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DorcasCanadaGirls#3,4785
DorcasEngland & WalesGirls—too few
DorcasIrelandGirls—too few
DorcasNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
DorcasUSGirls#3,97536