Dorcas

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Dorcas: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

2registrars recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#512highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1646
1997	#1958
1998	#3142
1999	#2444
2000	#1688
2001	#2466
2002	#2105
2003	#1996
2004	#2530
2005	#1690
2006	#1983
2007	#2410
2008	#4524
2009	#3031
2010	#2589
2011	#3185
2012	#2717
2013	#3536
2014	#3160
2015	#2705
2016	#2367
2018	#4684
2021	#2942
2023	#3598
2024	#3695

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 25 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2012: #907 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2717 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1646 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2002–2012
Highest recorded position: #512 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2002 (recorded 2002–2012).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Dorcas appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 25 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 194 births with the name.

Dorcas across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Dorcas's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1646 (1996)	#1646 (1996)	#3695 (2024)	25 of 29	194 (1996–2024)	13 (2005)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#512 (2002)	#512 (2002)	#907 (2012)	3 of 11	10 (2002–2012)	4 (2002)

Dorcas by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Dorcas in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	28	4 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	84	10 of 10	8
2010s	62	8 of 10	8
2020s	20	3 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Dorcas appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #512 in Republic of Ireland in 2002.

Dorcas's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3695	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1983	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1690	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1996	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2105	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1958	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1646	10	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

Dorcas was ranked #512 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2002. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Dorcas and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Dorcas without appearing here.

Dorcas moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4684 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2942 and #5581.
Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4684 and #3518 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2942 and #5581.
Kristy Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4524 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #3031 and #5556.
Tracy Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2705 and #2496 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2367 and #4763.

Moved ahead of Dorcas

Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2367 and #2757 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #1436.
Rory Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2705 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #1977.
Arlo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2367 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #2340.
Noah Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2367 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #2499.

Moved the opposite way to Dorcas

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dorcas went from #1646 to #3695 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dorcas went from #1646 to #3695 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dorcas went from #1646 to #3695 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dorcas went from #1646 to #3695 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Dorcas

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dorcas went from #1646 to #3695 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dorcas went from #1646 to #3695 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dorcas went from #1646 to #3695 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dorcas went from #1646 to #3695 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #512 in Republic of Ireland in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Dorcas

Dorcas at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dorcas across 2 official records

Dorcas by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Dorcas appears in

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Dorcas at a glance

Dorcas across 2 official records

Dorcas by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Dorcas appears in

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Dorcas moved ahead of

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