How rare is the name Domenico?

4,252 people in the United States have the first name Domenico, about 1 in 71,033. It ranks #4,410 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DOMENICO

#4,410

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,252
About
1 in 71,033
This common or more
84%
Who bears it

Of the 4,252 people named Domenico, 89.4% reported their origin as White, 7.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 1.9% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Domenico peaked in 1974, when 70 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19062025
Peak year
1974
Births that year
70
In 2025*
56 ▼20%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 3,829 babies have been given the name since 1906. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Domenico by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #2,380. The largest share of babies named Domenico, 23.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1900s#3,84016
1910s#2,380241
1920s#3,539195
1930s#5,92363
1940s#6,82452
1950s#5,91797
1960s#3,361322
1970s#2,942507
1980s#4,112376
1990s#4,309491
2000s#4,896575
2010s#5,231559
2020s#5,203335
Greatest Generation 1901–2711%
Silent Generation 1928–453.2%
Baby boom 1946–646.4%
Generation X 1965–8019.8%
Millennials 1981–9617%
Generation Z 1997–1223.8%
2013 and later18.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Domenico is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Domenico has been most common in New Jersey (6.4×), Rhode Island (6×), and New York (5.9×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.61×).

1,977 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Also a last name

As a last name, Domenico ranks #27,027 of 156,621, with 947 people. See Domenico as a last name

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