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How popular is the name Dorcas?
Births per year, rank history and how many Dorcases are alive today.
Dorcas (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 3696th in 2024 and given to 6 babies. The name peaked in 2005, when 13 babies were given the name, the 1690th most popular that year. It has declined since 2005; the 2024 figure is roughly 46% of its peak.
The Dorcas you are most likely to meet is around 20 years old. Half of all Dorcases born in England and Wales are between 13 and 31, and there are at least 270 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Dorcas - on average, only one in every 1,167 such rooms contains a Dorcas.
How many babies are named Dorcas each year?
Where does Dorcas rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Dorcas most popular?
Dorcas peaked in 2005, when 13 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Dorcas?
At least 270 people named Dorcas born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Dorcas?
Most living Dorcases are between 13 and 31; the most common age is about 20.
Is Dorcas becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2005 peak.