Dorcus
#15,088 most common girls' name of all time · #24,935 across all names · 2% male / 98% female · used 1917–1983
Rank among girls
#15,088
Rank overall
#24,935 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
45 of 146
All-time
287
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1920 #3,093
Best rank
#2,727 1931
Girls
Boys
peak 11/yr
Dorcus first appears in 1917. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,525 |
| 1979 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,188 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,993 |
| 1972 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1969 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,833 |
| 1967 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,252 |
| 1965 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,601 |
| 1964 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,451 |
| 1963 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,133 |
| 1962 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,890 |
| 1960 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,025 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,535 |
| 1958 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,425 |
| 1957 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,396 |
| 1956 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,296 |
| 1955 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,917 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,061 |
| 1953 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,981 |
| 1952 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,883 |
| 1951 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,582 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,643 |
| 1949 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,599 |
| 1948 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,924 |
| 1947 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,554 |
| 1945 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,882 |
| 1942 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,017 |
| 1939 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,652 |
| 1938 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,383 |
| 1937 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,106 |
| 1936 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,034 |
| 1935 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,630 |
| 1933 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,354 |
| 1932 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,844 |
| 1931 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,727 |
| 1930 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,997 |
| 1929 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1928 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,173 |
| 1927 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,290 |
| 1926 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,213 |
| 1925 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,342 |
| 1922 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,972 |
| 1920 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,093 |
| 1919 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,281 |
| 1918 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,327 |
| 1917 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,132 |