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

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Peak · boys
2013 · 6,336 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
20 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
193,424
since 1885

Dominic over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202019peak #68, 2013boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#14,9425#1063,277
2024#12,1617#1073,304
2023#8,98911#1063,417
2022#8,03213#1023,590
2021#10,2929#993,755
2020#9,54610#894,019
2019#10,4739#854,443
2018#754,795
2017#12,7137#745,111
2016#9,41111#725,428
2015#6,72118#685,870
2014#8,05314#696,264
2013#7,37216#686,336
2012#13,4837#706,189
2011#8,19614#775,438
2010#7,51316#745,300
2009#8,05815#815,329
2008#6,13022#934,965
2007#7,09218#855,415
2006#5,90622#855,577
2005#6,24519#854,994
2004#4,70728#914,879
2003#5,23523#815,219
2002#5,44421#834,855
2001#4,56426#1063,635
2000#6,80815#1183,246
1999#5,89617#1183,097
1998#4,49224#1203,098
1997#3,89728#1292,928
1996#3,42933#1352,669
1995#3,28534#1382,507
1994#3,37233#1282,769
1993#3,42232#1332,534
1992#3,58130#1372,442
1991#2,70344#1641,967
1990#3,07836#1881,628
1989#3,47729#1981,471
1988#2,59741#1951,398
1987#2,06553#1961,336
1986#1,69169#1871,366
1985#1,72766#1871,334
1984#2,78132#1951,239
1983#5,14813#2161,058
1982#4,52716#2231,057
1981#4,74615#2311,013
1980#3,85320#2321,020
1979#2,93129#2211,032
1978#3,09825#221965
1977#3,26723#2121,049
1976#3,28721#260752
1975#4,85412#284676
1974#5,01111#290645
1973#4,87111#286632
1972#5,9598#315582
1971#6,6197#321584
1970#4,49212#312631
1969#5,4568#310604
1968#7,0165#327544
1967#4,30010#322536
1966#344471
1965#339499
1964#5,0088#323586
1963#345503
1962#387433
1961#376443
1960#376442
1959#377438
1958#374429
1957#367440
1956#377392
1955#370385
1954#375356
1953#364355
1952#403295
1951#373336
1950#386303
1949#382311
1948#384314
1947#407283
1946#380297
1945#394234
1944#394237
1943#374268
1942#349301
1941#365256
1940#373233
1939#354248
1938#370232
1937#337260
1936#337265
1935#320288
1934#353242
1933#323277
1932#308320
1931#285376
1930#4,5505#294377
1929#279396
1928#290378
1927#275417
1926#4,3066#264463
1925#242542
1924#258487
1923#4,9675#226582
1922#245533
1921#237553
1920#234536
1919#226536
1918#4,8095#227552
1917#219505
1916#207530
1915#220469
1914#219362
1913#232258
1912#238217
1911#232121
1910#34553
1909#31155
1908#31449
1907#38833
1906#37832
1905#39329
1904#41725
1903#45121
1902#41524
1901#55913
1900#68014
1899#7149
1898#7449
1897#55614
1896#55114
1895#68510
1894#9546
1893
1892#68810
1891#8416
1890#8147
1889#9745
1888
1887#9215
1886
1885#8366
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1885

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
128 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 2013 at #68 (6,336 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 20 yrs · run 2002–2021
  • Top 1,000: 138 yrs · run 1894–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 299
  • Highest: 1 in 299 boys born in 2013 were named Dominic (0.33%)
  • Latest: 1 in 521 boys born in 2025 (0.19%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 28.5% of all boys named Dominic (55,174) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s16#836 (1885)#910
1890s85#551 (1896)#727
1900s295#311 (1909)#431
1910s3,603#207 (1916)#237
1920s4,887#226 (1923)#255
1930s2,885#285 (1931)#328
1940s2,734#349 (1942)#380
1950s3,729#364 (1953)#377
1960s5,061#310 (1969)#345
1970s7,548#212 (1977)#272
1980s12,292#187 (1986)#206
1990s25,639#118 (1999)#139
2000s48,114#81 (2009)#91
2010s55,174#68 (2013)#73
2020s21,362#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 2019

girls
#10,473
9 births · 1 in 186,485 girls
boys
#85
4,443 births · 1 in 404 boys

Top girls' names in 2019

  1. #1Olivia18,577
  2. #2Emma17,226
  3. #3Ava14,549
  4. #4Sophia13,821
  5. #5Isabella13,407
  6. #6Charlotte13,239
  7. #7Amelia12,944
  8. #8Mia12,508
  9. #9Harper10,497
  10. #10Evelyn10,443
  11. #10,473Dominic9

Top boys' names in 2019

  1. #1Liam20,631
  2. #2Noah19,178
  3. #3Oliver13,967
  4. #4William13,658
  5. #5Elijah13,436
  6. #6James13,198
  7. #7Benjamin13,044
  8. #8Lucas12,483
  9. #9Mason11,484
  10. #10Alexander11,327
  11. #85Dominic4,443
More about 2019

girls

1,678,366 girls got a published name in 2019; 1 in 186,485 of them was named Dominic, which outranked 41.9% of the 18,024 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dominic
  1. #9,736Zoii10
  2. #9,736Zonnique10
  3. #9,736Zuzu10
  4. #10,473Dominic9
  5. #10,473Aadhyasri9
  6. #10,473Aaima9
  7. #10,473Aakriti9
  8. #11,356Aahna8
  9. #11,356Aalina8
  10. #11,356Aaralynn8

Tied with 882 names at #10,473; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. 1,081Amoura#2,059#978
  2. 553Theodora#1,406#853
  3. 456Navy#1,269#813
  4. 415Emani#1,371#956
  5. 403Yaritza#1,216#813
Fallers
  1. 451Emmarie#990#1,441
  2. 368Saniyah#934#1,302
  3. 252Tatiana#692#944
  4. 229Zhavia#879#1,108
  5. 219Jayden#979#1,198

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,794,216 boys got a published name in 2019; 1 in 404 of them was named Dominic, which outranked 99.4% of the 14,133 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dominic
  1. #82Carson4,522
  2. #83Jaxson4,518
  3. #84Axel4,505
  4. #85Dominic4,443
  5. #86Leonardo4,427
  6. #87Luca4,423
  7. #88Austin4,402
Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. 5,830Sekani#6,703#873
  2. 5,230Ermias#5,770#540
  3. 654Amias#1,478#824
  4. 623Kyro#1,343#720
  5. 512Aziel#1,465#953
Fallers
  1. 376Jaxtyn#776#1,152
  2. 252Brysen#860#1,112
  3. 220Coen#814#1,034
  4. 219Chad#899#1,118
  5. 219Imran#933#1,152

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2019