Dulcie

#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births

Peak · girls
#657
1889 · 15 births
Debut · girls
1885
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,647
since 1885

Dulcie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Dulcie has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201900peak #657, 1889girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#10,9178
2024#11,1228
2023—
2022#15,3065
2021#15,2515
2020#12,1427
2019#11,3568
2018—
2017#11,6158
2016#12,8767
2015#10,8669
2014—
2013#16,5475
2012#16,8695
2011#16,7645
2010#16,9925
2009#17,2945
2008#11,5999
2007—
2006#17,1685
2005#8,88312
2004#16,0995
2003#11,3258
2002—
2001#8,75811
2000#13,1546
1999#14,4115
1998—
1997—
1996—
1995#10,5147
1994#10,5697
1993—
1992#9,4918
1991—
1990#11,4096
1989#9,6817
1988#11,7985
1987#11,3255
1986—
1985#10,6775
1984#9,1446
1983#9,0156
1982#8,2247
1981#6,8049
1980#6,31910
1979#6,6969
1978#9,7505
1977#4,65214
1976#6,0489
1975#3,95016
1974#2,75726
1973#2,68926
1972#2,27633
1971#3,94315
1970#2,93823
1969#2,35030
1968#1,85541
1967#5,4577
1966#4,4939
1965#4,8318
1964#5,0088
1963#5,2967
1962#4,5339
1961#5,8516
1960#6,3905
1959—
1958#3,92510
1957#3,48912
1956#3,49312
1955#3,77810
1954#2,59218
1953#3,48011
1952#3,37211
1951#3,28411
1950#2,90913
1949#2,62015
1948#2,82813
1947#3,44810
1946#3,21710
1945#4,5565
1944#4,0546
1943#3,2499
1942#2,53713
1941#2,84610
1940#2,29713
1939#2,73610
1938#2,22514
1937#2,19614
1936#1,87317
1935#2,57511
1934#2,56711
1933#2,16114
1932#2,13015
1931#1,75020
1930#2,02317
1929#1,76621
1928#1,68024
1927#1,88521
1926#1,83022
1925#1,84722
1924#1,44033
1923#1,78223
1922#1,43032
1921#1,34135
1920#1,37533
1919#1,60425
1918#1,56626
1917#1,77320
1916#1,63022
1915#1,33928
1914#1,48019
1913#1,27420
1912#1,35216
1911#1,24114
1910#1,7738
1909#1,7637
1908#1,08414
1907#1,6397
1906#1,9515
1905#82520
1904#1,6596
1903#1,4407
1902#90315
1901#1,3397
1900#97015
1899#87814
1898#76819
1897#76117
1896#79017
1895#93212
1894#78215
1893#82613
1892#76215
1891#75013
1890#87210
1889#65715
1888#9598
1887#1,0366
1886—
1885#9216
1884—
1883—
1882—
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1885

The first year at least five girls were named Dulcie! It came in at #921, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1886, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Dulcie is popular in 1900

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Dulcie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 205 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #10,917)
  • 1,225 spots since 2020 (#12,142 → #10,917)
  • 51 spots since 2015 (#10,866 → #10,917)
  • Biggest jump: 834 spots in 1905 (#1,659 → #825)
  • Biggest drop: 1,126 spots in 1906 (#825 → #1,951)
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 1889 at #657 (15 births)
  • Births halved by 1901, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1888–1900
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,891
  • Highest: 1 in 11,891 girls born in 1889 were named Dulcie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 16.2% of all girls named Dulcie (266) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s35#657 (1889)#893
1890s145#750 (1891)#812
1900s103#825 (1905)#1,357
1910s198#1,241 (1911)#1,503
1920s266#1,341 (1921)#1,638
1930s143#1,750 (1931)#2,224
1940s104#2,297 (1940)#3,165
1950s108#2,592 (1954)#3,369
1960s130#1,855 (1968)#4,606
1970s176#2,276 (1972)#4,570
1980s60#6,319 (1980)#9,221
1990s33#9,491 (1992)#11,279
2000s61#8,758 (2001)#13,035
2010s52#10,866 (2015)#14,236
2020s33#10,917 (2025)#12,948

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Dulcie in 1900

girls
#970
15 births · 1 in 19,986 girls

Top girls' names in 1900

  1. #1Mary16,705
  2. #2Helen6,342
  3. #3Anna6,114
  4. #4Margaret5,304
  5. #5Ruth4,765
  6. #6Elizabeth4,096
  7. #7Florence3,920
  8. #8Ethel3,896
  9. #9Marie3,856
  10. #10Lillian3,414
  11. #970Dulcie15
More about 1900

girls

299,784 girls got a published name in 1900; 1 in 19,986 of them was named Dulcie, which outranked 56.4% of the 2,223 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dulcie
  1. #941Vertie16
  2. #941Vira16
  3. #941Virgil16
  4. #970Dulcie15
  5. #970Alvira15
  6. #970Amber15
  7. #970America15
  8. #1,008Abigail14
  9. #1,008Ader14
  10. #1,008Allean14

Tied with 37 names at #970; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1899
Risers
  1. ↑ 940Rosia#1,596 → #656
  2. ↑ 763Josiephine#1,596 → #833
  3. ↑ 763Lelar#1,596 → #833
  4. ↑ 736Carmel#1,596 → #860
  5. ↑ 722Gloria#1,278 → #556
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,204Irva#728 → #1,932
  2. ↓ 1,026Dellie#906 → #1,932
  3. ↓ 1,026Marybelle#906 → #1,932
  4. ↓ 949Sada#983 → #1,932
  5. ↓ 949Sidonia#983 → #1,932

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

See the top 100 for 1900 →