How rare is the name Dominic?

145,027 people in the United States have the first name Dominic, about 1 in 2,083. It ranks #385 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DOMINIC

#385

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
145,027
About
1 in 2,083
This common or more
53.6%
Who bears it

Of the 145,027 people named Dominic, 54.6% reported their origin as White, 26.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.8% as Black. 99.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Dominic peaked in 2013, when 6,352 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18852025
Peak year
2013
Births that year
6,352
In 2025*
3,282 ▼48%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 194,676 babies have been given the name since 1885. 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.

Dominic by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #107. The largest share of babies named Dominic, 38.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#2,41716
1890s#1,74985
1900s#1,042295
1910s#5043,608
1920s#5554,898
1930s#6962,890
1940s#8352,734
1950s#8383,729
1960s#7605,092
1970s#5847,707
1980s#41712,646
1990s#25925,950
2000s#15248,323
2010s#10755,286
2020s#16621,417
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–274.1%
Silent Generation 1928–452.7%
Baby boom 1946–643.8%
Generation X 1965–805.9%
Millennials 1981–9614.6%
Generation Z 1997–1238.3%
2013 and later30.7%

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 Dominic is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Dominic has been most common in New Mexico (2.9×), Nevada (2.9×), and Arizona (2.2×), and least common in Mississippi (0.23×).

190,102 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.

Either side of Dominic

#383 Glenn · 145,760#384 Trevor · 145,694#386 Devin · 144,827#387 Carla · 144,782

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dominic, most common first.

#988 Dominick · 43,551#1,455 Domingo · 23,214#2,750 Dominik · 8,499#2,929 Dominga · 7,738#2,948 Domenic · 7,645#4,410 Domenico · 4,252#4,951 Domenica · 3,589#5,933 Domenick · 2,779

Also a last name

As a last name, Dominic ranks #21,799 of 156,621, with 1,217 people. See Dominic as a last name

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