How Many People Are Named Dominica?

1,796

people named Dominica are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 190,303 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,338 babies named Dominica in Social Security records from 1909 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#7,219

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#4,044

See the top 100

Peak Year

1979

56 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English (Rare), Late Roman
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Feminine form of DOMINIC.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Dominica in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Dominica alive today is about 37 years old, and 59% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 26 and 48 in 2025.

Under 30 572
31.8%
30 to 59 1,053
58.6%
60 and over 171
9.5%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Dominica first appears in the records in 1909 and was given most often in 1979, to 56 babies. In 2025, 6 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1909 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Dominica has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,252, in 1916. In 2025 it ranked #13,654.

Girls
Rank in 2025#13,654
Best rank#1,252 (1916)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#2,313 in the 1980s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Dominica alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Dominica were born in California than in any other state: about 128 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dominica was given 5.6 times as often in New York and 2.8 times in California.

California 128
New York 77
Texas 35
Illinois 21
Ohio 16
New Mexico 15
Florida 13
Louisiana 8
Pennsylvania 5

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