girls:
42 births since 1923
#5674 (1st percentile)
boys:
10 births since 1916
#4576 (0th percentile)
overall:
52 births since 1916
#7687 (1st percentile)
The name Dorcie is the #7,687 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 52 recorded births since 1916. This represents the 0.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,674 (0.7% percentile) for all time with 42 births since 1923. For boys, it ranks #4,576 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 10 births since 1916.
Dorcie first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1916 (1916 for boys and 1923 for girls). Birth data for Dorcie is available in 8 out of the 24 years between 1916 and 1939 (7 years for girls and 2 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Dorcie has been given predominantly to girls, with 80.8% of all recorded births being female. In 1939, 100.0% of babies named Dorcie were girls. Interestingly, until around 1923, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1916 to 1922), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (89.4% girls from 1923 to 1939).
For girls, Dorcie reached its peak popularity in 1926, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #601) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1926, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1939.
For boys, Dorcie reached its peak popularity in 1916, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #502) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1916, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1927.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dorcie".
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