Dorcas
6
Babies in 2024
-14%
10-year change
2005
Peak · 13
0%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Dorcas
Dorcas peaked among UK girls' names in the late 2000s (13 babies in 2005) and has remained in active use — 6 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Dorcas reached its peak in 2005, when 13 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #1,690 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 6 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 25 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 194 girls have been officially registered with the name Dorcas in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 51 girls were registered with the name, starting from 7 in 2014 and ending at 6 in 2024.