How Many People Are Named Dorcas?
people named Dorcas are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 95,953 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,268 babies named Dorcas in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
142 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Derived from Greek δορκας (dorkas) meaning "gazelle". This is the Greek translation of the name Tabitha in the New Testament (see Acts 9:36).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Dorcas in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dorcas alive today is about 53 years old, and 49% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 35 and 72 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dorcas first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1923, to 142 babies. In 2025, 36 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Dorcas has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #522, in 1880. In 2025 it ranked #4,001.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,001 |
| Best rank | #522 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #664 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dorcas alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dorcas were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 282 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dorcas was given 3.8 times as often in West Virginia, 3.6 times in North Carolina and 3.3 times in Pennsylvania.
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