Dominic
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #106 for boys in 2025, 3,277 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2013 · 6,336 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 20 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 193,424since 1885
Dominic over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 | #106 | 3,277 |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | #107 | 3,304 |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 | #106 | 3,417 |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 | #102 | 3,590 |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 | #99 | 3,755 |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 | #89 | 4,019 |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 | #85 | 4,443 |
| 2018 | — | #75 | 4,795 | |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | #74 | 5,111 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 | #72 | 5,428 |
| 2015 | #6,721 | 18 | #68 | 5,870 |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 | #69 | 6,264 |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 | #68 | 6,336 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | #70 | 6,189 |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 | #77 | 5,438 |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 | #74 | 5,300 |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 | #81 | 5,329 |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 | #93 | 4,965 |
| 2007 | #7,092 | 18 | #85 | 5,415 |
| 2006 | #5,906 | 22 | #85 | 5,577 |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 | #85 | 4,994 |
| 2004 | #4,707 | 28 | #91 | 4,879 |
| 2003 | #5,235 | 23 | #81 | 5,219 |
| 2002 | #5,444 | 21 | #83 | 4,855 |
| 2001 | #4,564 | 26 | #106 | 3,635 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 | #118 | 3,246 |
| 1999 | #5,896 | 17 | #118 | 3,097 |
| 1998 | #4,492 | 24 | #120 | 3,098 |
| 1997 | #3,897 | 28 | #129 | 2,928 |
| 1996 | #3,429 | 33 | #135 | 2,669 |
| 1995 | #3,285 | 34 | #138 | 2,507 |
| 1994 | #3,372 | 33 | #128 | 2,769 |
| 1993 | #3,422 | 32 | #133 | 2,534 |
| 1992 | #3,581 | 30 | #137 | 2,442 |
| 1991 | #2,703 | 44 | #164 | 1,967 |
| 1990 | #3,078 | 36 | #188 | 1,628 |
| 1989 | #3,477 | 29 | #198 | 1,471 |
| 1988 | #2,597 | 41 | #195 | 1,398 |
| 1987 | #2,065 | 53 | #196 | 1,336 |
| 1986 | #1,691 | 69 | #187 | 1,366 |
| 1985 | #1,727 | 66 | #187 | 1,334 |
| 1984 | #2,781 | 32 | #195 | 1,239 |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 | #216 | 1,058 |
| 1982 | #4,527 | 16 | #223 | 1,057 |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 | #231 | 1,013 |
| 1980 | #3,853 | 20 | #232 | 1,020 |
| 1979 | #2,931 | 29 | #221 | 1,032 |
| 1978 | #3,098 | 25 | #221 | 965 |
| 1977 | #3,267 | 23 | #212 | 1,049 |
| 1976 | #3,287 | 21 | #260 | 752 |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 | #284 | 676 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | #290 | 645 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 | #286 | 632 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #315 | 582 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #321 | 584 |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 | #312 | 631 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | #310 | 604 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #327 | 544 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | #322 | 536 |
| 1966 | — | #344 | 471 | |
| 1965 | — | #339 | 499 | |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | #323 | 586 |
| 1963 | — | #345 | 503 | |
| 1962 | — | #387 | 433 | |
| 1961 | — | #376 | 443 | |
| 1960 | — | #376 | 442 | |
| 1959 | — | #377 | 438 | |
| 1958 | — | #374 | 429 | |
| 1957 | — | #367 | 440 | |
| 1956 | — | #377 | 392 | |
| 1955 | — | #370 | 385 | |
| 1954 | — | #375 | 356 | |
| 1953 | — | #364 | 355 | |
| 1952 | — | #403 | 295 | |
| 1951 | — | #373 | 336 | |
| 1950 | — | #386 | 303 | |
| 1949 | — | #382 | 311 | |
| 1948 | — | #384 | 314 | |
| 1947 | — | #407 | 283 | |
| 1946 | — | #380 | 297 | |
| 1945 | — | #394 | 234 | |
| 1944 | — | #394 | 237 | |
| 1943 | — | #374 | 268 | |
| 1942 | — | #349 | 301 | |
| 1941 | — | #365 | 256 | |
| 1940 | — | #373 | 233 | |
| 1939 | — | #354 | 248 | |
| 1938 | — | #370 | 232 | |
| 1937 | — | #337 | 260 | |
| 1936 | — | #337 | 265 | |
| 1935 | — | #320 | 288 | |
| 1934 | — | #353 | 242 | |
| 1933 | — | #323 | 277 | |
| 1932 | — | #308 | 320 | |
| 1931 | — | #285 | 376 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #294 | 377 |
| 1929 | — | #279 | 396 | |
| 1928 | — | #290 | 378 | |
| 1927 | — | #275 | 417 | |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #264 | 463 |
| 1925 | — | #242 | 542 | |
| 1924 | — | #258 | 487 | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #226 | 582 |
| 1922 | — | #245 | 533 | |
| 1921 | — | #237 | 553 | |
| 1920 | — | #234 | 536 | |
| 1919 | — | #226 | 536 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #227 | 552 |
| 1917 | — | #219 | 505 | |
| 1916 | — | #207 | 530 | |
| 1915 | — | #220 | 469 | |
| 1914 | — | #219 | 362 | |
| 1913 | — | #232 | 258 | |
| 1912 | — | #238 | 217 | |
| 1911 | — | #232 | 121 | |
| 1910 | — | #345 | 53 | |
| 1909 | — | #311 | 55 | |
| 1908 | — | #314 | 49 | |
| 1907 | — | #388 | 33 | |
| 1906 | — | #378 | 32 | |
| 1905 | — | #393 | 29 | |
| 1904 | — | #417 | 25 | |
| 1903 | — | #451 | 21 | |
| 1902 | — | #415 | 24 | |
| 1901 | — | #559 | 13 | |
| 1900 | — | #680 | 14 | |
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
| 1898 | — | #744 | 9 | |
| 1897 | — | #556 | 14 | |
| 1896 | — | #551 | 14 | |
| 1895 | — | #685 | 10 | |
| 1894 | — | #954 | 6 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #688 | 10 | |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | #814 | 7 | |
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Dominic! It came in at #836, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1889, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Dominic
- 1 spot since 2024 (#107 → #106)
- 17 spots since 2020 (#89 → #106)
- 38 spots since 2015 (#68 → #106)
- Biggest jump: 269 spots in 1895 (#954 → #685)
- Biggest drop: 188 spots in 1898 (#556 → #744)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 2013 at #68 (6,336 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 20 yrs · run 2002–2021
- Top 1,000: 138 yrs · run 1894–2025
- Highest: 1 in 299 boys born in 2013 were named Dominic (0.33%)
- Latest: 1 in 521 boys born in 2025 (0.19%)
- 28.5% of all boys named Dominic (55,174) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 16 | #836 (1885) | #910 |
| 1890s | 85 | #551 (1896) | #727 |
| 1900s | 295 | #311 (1909) | #431 |
| 1910s | 3,603 | #207 (1916) | #237 |
| 1920s | 4,887 | #226 (1923) | #255 |
| 1930s | 2,885 | #285 (1931) | #328 |
| 1940s | 2,734 | #349 (1942) | #380 |
| 1950s | 3,729 | #364 (1953) | #377 |
| 1960s | 5,061 | #310 (1969) | #345 |
| 1970s | 7,548 | #212 (1977) | #272 |
| 1980s | 12,292 | #187 (1986) | #206 |
| 1990s | 25,639 | #118 (1999) | #139 |
| 2000s | 48,114 | #81 (2009) | #91 |
| 2010s | 55,174 | #68 (2013) | #73 |
| 2020s | 21,362 | #89 (2020) | #102 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Dominic in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 231,526 of them was named Dominic, which outranked 13.9% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 776 names at #4,809; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 1,836 of them was named Dominic, which outranked 95.3% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.