How Many People Are Named Dulce?
people named Dulce are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 17,072 people in the US has this name
Based on 20,355 babies named Dulce in Social Security records from 1914 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,285 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "sweet" or "candy" in Spanish.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Dulce (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dulce alive today is about 20 years old, and 82% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 25 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dulce first appears in the records in 1914 and was given most often in 2007, to 1,285 babies. In 2025, 352 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1914 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Dulce has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #264, in 2007. In 2025 it ranked #771.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #771 |
| Best rank | #264 (2007) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #387 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dulce alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dulce were born in California than in any other state: about 6,039 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dulce was given 2.5 times as often in Arizona, 2.3 times in California and 2.1 times in Texas.
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