Meaning not yet researched.
Dominic: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 3,277 in 2025. Its best rank was #68 in 2015.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #68 in 2015; #106 in 2025. About 99.8% of babies named Dominic in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#106 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2015, at #68.
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Dominic: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 3,277 boys in 2025. Peak: #68 in 2015 · most boys in one year: 6,336 (2013).
In 2025, 3,277 US boys were named Dominic, making it the 106th most common boys’ name of the year, up 1 place from #107 in 2024. That is 27 fewer than the 3,304 boys named Dominic in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #68, reached in 2015. The most boys given the name in a single year was 6,336, in 2013. For comparison, it was #68 in 2015 and #386 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Dominic in 138 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1885 with 6 babies. In all, 194,676 US babies have been given the name, 0.6% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 55,286 babies named Dominic.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 41,139 US boys were named Dominic; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 5,428. In 2025 that was about 1 in 521 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Dominic ranked highest in New Jersey in 2025, at #57 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 13 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Dominique (74,343 babies since 1880), Domingo (14,400 babies since 1880), Dominik (10,337 babies since 1880) and Domenico (3,829 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Domonick, Domanick and Dominico are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Dom and Nic.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Domonick (1,142), Domanick (772), Dominico (444), Dominiq (330), Domanik (289), Domenik (269), Dominyk (181), Domonik (115), Dominyck (79), Domingos (71), Domynic (37), Domminic (33), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 4 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 156 | #57 | #46 |
| California | 560 | #62 | #45 |
| Massachusetts | 89 | #73 | #71 |
| Connecticut | 48 | #75 | #66 |
| New York | 222 | #77 | #69 |
| Arizona | 97 | #83 | #33 |
| Michigan | 108 | #84 | #49 |
| Nevada | 33 | #91 | #36 |
| New Mexico | 20 | #92 | #56 |
| Pennsylvania | 136 | #93 | #55 |
| Illinois | 123 | #94 | #46 |
| Florida | 231 | #95 | #56 |
| District of Columbia | 9 | #99 | #89 |
| Wisconsin | 59 | #102 | #77 |
| Ohio | 125 | #104 | #59 |
| Delaware | 10 | #105 | #43 |
| Virginia | 79 | #106 | #81 |
| West Virginia | 17 | #117 | #103 |
| Colorado | 61 | #117 | #66 |
| Washington | 65 | #121 | #95 |
| Missouri | 58 | #123 | #63 |
| Oregon | 32 | #128 | #84 |
| Idaho | 20 | #130 | #60 |
| New Hampshire | 11 | #133 | #87 |
| Maryland | 42 | #139 | #82 |
| Texas | 270 | #142 | #76 |
| Utah | 37 | #144 | #97 |
| Rhode Island | 8 | #145 | #61 |
| North Carolina | 87 | #149 | #108 |
| Louisiana | 34 | #149 | #116 |
| Kansas | 25 | #153 | #81 |
| Georgia | 80 | #154 | #117 |
| Nebraska | 18 | #156 | #79 |
| Indiana | 49 | #173 | #87 |
| Alaska | 5 | #174 | #106 |
| Minnesota | 37 | #179 | #95 |
| Tennessee | 52 | #182 | #125 |
| Maine | 7 | #183 | #99 |
| South Dakota | 7 | #198 | #40 |
| Kentucky | 27 | #205 | #148 |
| Montana | 6 | #206 | #98 |
| South Carolina | 27 | #209 | #106 |
| Iowa | 18 | #224 | #78 |
| Alabama | 24 | #233 | #165 |
| Oklahoma | 18 | #268 | #143 |
| Arkansas | 13 | #276 | #119 |
| Mississippi | 9 | #343 | #176 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #15,530 | 3,277 | #106 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,516 | 3,304 | #107 |
| 2023 | 11 | #9,148 | 3,417 | #106 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,159 | 3,590 | #102 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,505 | 3,755 | #99 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,745 | 4,019 | #89 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,704 | 4,443 | #85 |
| 2018 | — | — | 4,795 | #75 |
| 2017 | 7 | #13,087 | 5,111 | #74 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,590 | 5,428 | #72 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,804 | 5,870 | #68 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,170 | 6,264 | #69 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,494 | 6,336 | #68 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,891 | 6,189 | #70 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,315 | 5,438 | #77 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,625 | 5,300 | #74 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,164 | 5,329 | #81 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,194 | 4,965 | #93 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,164 | 5,415 | #85 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,978 | 5,577 | #85 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,349 | 4,994 | #85 |
| 2004 | 28 | #4,742 | 4,879 | #91 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,280 | 5,219 | #81 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,516 | 4,855 | #83 |
| 2001 | 26 | #4,595 | 3,635 | #106 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,908 | 3,246 | #118 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,995 | 3,097 | #118 |
| 1998 | 24 | #4,529 | 3,098 | #120 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,928 | 2,928 | #129 |
| 1996 | 33 | #3,450 | 2,669 | #135 |
| 1995 | 34 | #3,301 | 2,507 | #138 |
| 1994 | 33 | #3,385 | 2,769 | #128 |
| 1993 | 32 | #3,443 | 2,534 | #133 |
| 1992 | 30 | #3,604 | 2,442 | #137 |
| 1991 | 44 | #2,708 | 1,967 | #164 |
| 1990 | 36 | #3,094 | 1,628 | #188 |
| 1989 | 29 | #3,499 | 1,471 | #198 |
| 1988 | 41 | #2,610 | 1,398 | #195 |
| 1987 | 53 | #2,071 | 1,336 | #196 |
| 1986 | 69 | #1,698 | 1,366 | #187 |
| 1985 | 66 | #1,730 | 1,334 | #187 |
| 1984 | 32 | #2,795 | 1,239 | #195 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,219 | 1,058 | #216 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,570 | 1,057 | #223 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,791 | 1,013 | #231 |
| 1980 | 20 | #3,881 | 1,020 | #232 |
| 1979 | 29 | #2,947 | 1,032 | #221 |
| 1978 | 25 | #3,124 | 965 | #221 |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,300 | 1,049 | #212 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,310 | 752 | #260 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,931 | 676 | #284 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,091 | 645 | #290 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,965 | 632 | #287 |
| 1972 | 8 | #6,090 | 582 | #315 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,778 | 584 | #321 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,565 | 631 | #312 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,578 | 604 | #310 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,288 | 544 | #327 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,378 | 536 | #322 |
| 1966 | — | — | 471 | #344 |
| 1965 | — | — | 499 | #340 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,127 | 586 | #323 |
| 1963 | — | — | 503 | #345 |
| 1962 | — | — | 433 | #387 |
| 1961 | — | — | 443 | #376 |
| 1960 | — | — | 442 | #376 |
| 1959 | — | — | 438 | #377 |
| 1958 | — | — | 429 | #374 |
| 1957 | — | — | 440 | #367 |
| 1956 | — | — | 392 | #378 |
| 1955 | — | — | 385 | #370 |
| 1954 | — | — | 356 | #375 |
| 1953 | — | — | 355 | #364 |
| 1952 | — | — | 295 | #403 |
| 1951 | — | — | 336 | #373 |
| 1950 | — | — | 303 | #386 |
| 1949 | — | — | 311 | #383 |
| 1948 | — | — | 314 | #384 |
| 1947 | — | — | 283 | #407 |
| 1946 | — | — | 297 | #380 |
| 1945 | — | — | 234 | #394 |
| 1944 | — | — | 237 | #395 |
| 1943 | — | — | 268 | #374 |
| 1942 | — | — | 301 | #349 |
| 1941 | — | — | 256 | #365 |
| 1940 | — | — | 233 | #373 |
| 1939 | — | — | 248 | #355 |
| 1938 | — | — | 232 | #370 |
| 1937 | — | — | 260 | #337 |
| 1936 | — | — | 265 | #338 |
| 1935 | — | — | 288 | #320 |
| 1934 | — | — | 242 | #353 |
| 1933 | — | — | 277 | #324 |
| 1932 | — | — | 320 | #308 |
| 1931 | — | — | 376 | #285 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,722 | 377 | #294 |
| 1929 | — | — | 396 | #279 |
| 1928 | — | — | 378 | #290 |
| 1927 | — | — | 417 | #275 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,441 | 463 | #264 |
| 1925 | — | — | 542 | #242 |
| 1924 | — | — | 487 | #258 |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,137 | 582 | #226 |
| 1922 | — | — | 533 | #245 |
| 1921 | — | — | 553 | #237 |
| 1920 | — | — | 536 | #234 |
| 1919 | — | — | 536 | #226 |
| 1918 | 5 | #5,012 | 552 | #227 |
| 1917 | — | — | 505 | #219 |
| 1916 | — | — | 530 | #207 |
| 1915 | — | — | 469 | #220 |
| 1914 | — | — | 362 | #219 |
| 1913 | — | — | 258 | #233 |
| 1912 | — | — | 217 | #238 |
| 1911 | — | — | 121 | #232 |
| 1910 | — | — | 53 | #348 |
| 1909 | — | — | 55 | #312 |
| 1908 | — | — | 49 | #314 |
| 1907 | — | — | 33 | #390 |
| 1906 | — | — | 32 | #380 |
| 1905 | — | — | 29 | #394 |
| 1904 | — | — | 25 | #419 |
| 1903 | — | — | 21 | #453 |
| 1902 | — | — | 24 | #416 |
| 1901 | — | — | 13 | #570 |
| 1900 | — | — | 14 | #686 |
| 1899 | — | — | 9 | #732 |
| 1898 | — | — | 9 | #758 |
| 1897 | — | — | 14 | #559 |
| 1896 | — | — | 14 | #558 |
| 1895 | — | — | 10 | #704 |
| 1894 | — | — | 6 | #983 |
| 1892 | — | — | 10 | #699 |
| 1891 | — | — | 6 | #872 |
| 1890 | — | — | 7 | #828 |
| 1889 | — | — | 5 | #1,008 |
| 1887 | — | — | 5 | #968 |
| 1885 | — | — | 6 | #860 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).