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How popular is “Dorcas” in the USA?

Number of people named “Dorcas” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Dorcas” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Dorcas” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Dorcas” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Dorcas” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Dorcas” by birth year

This chart shows how “Dorcas” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 11 0.000054595 11 100%
1881 6 0.000031138 6 100%
1882 12 0.000054168 12 100%
1883 8 0.000036876 8 100%
1884 14 0.000057504 14 100%
1885 7 0.000029063 7 100%
1886 9 0.00003525 9 100%
1887 11 0.000044464 11 100%
1888 15 0.000050088 15 100%
1889 11 0.000038069 11 100%
1890 15 0.000049768 15 100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 100%
1892 11 0.000032897 11 100%
1893 20 0.000061496 20 100%
1894 16 0.000047241 16 100%
1895 19 0.000054128 19 100%
1896 14 0.000039163 14 100%
1897 19 0.000054762 19 100%
1898 16 0.000041945 16 100%
1899 9 0.00002653 9 100%
1900 15 0.000033314 15 100%
1901 15 0.000043376 15 100%
1902 22 0.000056887 22 100%
1903 23 0.000060336 23 100%
1904 16 0.000039655 16 100%
1905 24 0.000056614 24 100%
1906 24 0.000056016 24 100%
1907 31 0.000066611 31 100%
1908 27 0.000055254 27 100%
1909 29 0.000056727 29 100%
1910 34 0.000057558 34 100%
1911 44 0.000068293 44 100%
1912 45 0.000045544 45 100%
1913 56 0.000049248 56 100%
1914 79 0.000055777 79 100%
1915 86 0.000046932 86 100%
1916 114 0.000058932 114 100%
1917 101 0.00005033 101 100%
1918 106 0.000048823 106 100%
1919 106 0.000050231 106 100%
1920 126 0.000055687 126 100%
1921 140 0.00005997 140 100%
1922 125 0.000054605 125 100%
1923 142 0.000061673 142 100%
1924 108 0.000045347 108 100%
1925 130 0.000055715 130 100%
1926 126 0.00005488 126 100%
1927 111 0.000047858 111 100%
1928 87 0.00003848 87 100%
1929 116 0.000052916 116 100%
1930 75 0.000033734 75 100%
1931 98 0.000046569 98 100%
1932 113 0.000053522 113 100%
1933 94 0.000047013 94 100%
1934 104 0.000050077 104 100%
1935 81 0.000038758 81 100%
1936 63 0.000030324 63 100%
1937 78 0.000036608 78 100%
1938 101 0.000045648 101 100%
1939 79 0.000035853 79 100%
1940 86 0.000037348 86 100%
1941 63 0.000025858 63 100%
1942 83 0.000030383 83 100%
1943 70 0.0000248 70 100%
1944 69 0.00002565 69 100%
1945 65 0.000024501 65 100%
1946 88 0.00002754 88 100%
1947 73 0.000020265 73 100%
1948 83 0.00002404 83 100%
1949 70 0.000020087 70 100%
1950 71 0.000020266 71 100%
1951 74 0.000020088 74 100%
1952 79 0.0000208 79 100%
1953 70 0.000018165 70 100%
1954 82 0.000020599 82 100%
1955 107 0.00002665 107 100%
1956 78 0.000018918 78 100%
1957 88 0.000020942 88 100%
1958 73 0.000017659 73 100%
1959 74 0.000017797 74 100%
1960 95 0.000022871 95 100%
1961 80 0.000019313 80 100%
1962 88 0.000021807 88 100%
1963 77 0.000019453 77 100%
1964 87 0.000022379 87 100%
1965 66 0.000018205 66 100%
1966 60 0.000017263 60 100%
1967 51 0.000015023 51 100%
1968 49 0.000014504 49 100%
1969 57 0.000016401 57 100%
1970 45 0.000012477 45 100%
1971 37 0.00001078 37 100%
1972 44 0.000013999 44 100%
1973 37 0.000012264 37 100%
1974 41 0.000013487 41 100%
1975 37 0.000012254 37 100%
1976 41 0.000013512 41 100%
1977 44 0.000013852 44 100%
1978 48 0.000015123 48 100%
1979 45 0.000013526 45 100%
1980 44 0.000012774 44 100%
1981 39 0.000011274 39 100%
1982 37 0.000010547 37 100%
1983 32 0.00000924 32 100%
1984 26 0.000007453 26 100%
1985 45 0.000012608 45 100%
1986 33 0.000009277 33 100%
1987 26 0.000007211 26 100%
1988 26 0.000007036 26 100%
1989 26 0.000006763 26 100%
1990 31 0.000007843 31 100%
1991 34 0.000008729 34 100%
1992 25 0.000006508 25 100%
1993 31 0.000008222 31 100%
1994 33 0.000008877 33 100%
1995 25 0.000006827 25 100%
1996 27 0.000007403 27 100%
1997 23 0.000006344 23 100%
1998 21 0.000005709 21 100%
1999 25 0.000006768 25 100%
2000 27 0.000007143 27 100%
2001 18 0.000004808 18 100%
2002 21 0.000005618 21 100%
2003 22 0.000005786 22 100%
2004 21 0.000005496 21 100%
2005 28 0.000007282 28 100%
2006 18 0.00000455 18 100%
2007 21 0.000005253 21 100%
2008 23 0.000005851 23 100%
2009 21 0.000005497 21 100%
2010 21 0.000005682 21 100%
2011 27 0.000007382 27 100%
2012 22 0.000006015 22 100%
2013 25 0.000006857 25 100%
2014 22 0.000005936 22 100%
2015 30 0.000008106 30 100%
2016 27 0.00000736 27 100%
2017 22 0.000006152 22 100%
2018 35 0.000009955 35 100%
2019 25 0.000007203 25 100%
2020 34 0.000010178 34 100%
2021 26 0.000007674 26 100%
2022 26 0.000007685 26 100%
2023 22 0.000006644 22 100%
2024 20 0.000006009 20 100%

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