How Many People Are Named Dominic?
people named Dominic are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,939 people in the US has this name
Based on 194,676 babies named Dominic in Social Security records from 1885 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
6,352 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Late Latin name Dominicus meaning "of the Lord". This name was traditionally given to a child born on Sunday. Several saints have borne this name, including the 13th-century founder of the Dominican order of friars. It was in this saint's honour that the name was first used in England, starting around the 13th century. It is primarily used by Catholics.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Dominic in English. Counting Dominic and these spellings together, about 227,054 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Dominic, 0.7% were girls and 99.3% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dominic alive today is about 21 years old, and 77% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 28 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dominic first appears in the records in 1885 and was given most often in 2013, to 6,352 babies. In 2025, 3,282 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1885 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Dominic never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #68, in 2013 and 2015, and it was in the top 100 for 20 years, 2002 to 2021. In 2025 it ranked #106.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #106 |
| Best rank | #68 (2013 and 2015) |
| Years in the top 100 | 20 (2002 to 2021) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #70 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dominic alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dominic were born in California than in any other state: about 27,408 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dominic was given 2.8 times as often in New Mexico, 1.7 times in Connecticut and 1.7 times in Pennsylvania.
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