first name
DULCE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 29,664 people named Dulce, 95.1% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% as White and 1.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Dulce peaked in 2007, when 1,285 babies got the name.
At least 20,355 babies have been given the name since 1914. 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.
Dulce by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #739. The largest share of babies named Dulce, 55.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Dulce is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Dulce has been most common in Arizona (4.2×), Nevada (3.3×), and California (3.3×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.07×).
18,350 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 Dulce
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dulce, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Dulce ranks #73,330 of 156,621, with 285 people. See Dulce as a last name
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