first name
DORCAS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,425 people named Dorcas, 41% reported their origin as White, 39.1% as Black and 13.6% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Dorcas peaked in 1923, when 142 babies got the name.
At least 7,268 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Dorcas by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #1,216. The largest share of babies named Dorcas, 27.4%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Dorcas is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Dorcas has been most common in West Virginia (5.9×), Pennsylvania (4.4×), and North Carolina (4×), and least common in California (0.38×).
2,553 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Dorcas
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dorcas, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Dorcas ranks #78,873 of 156,621, with 261 people. See Dorcas as a last name
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