girls:
95 births since 1986
#5621 (2nd percentile)
boys:
9.8k births since 1916
#1181 (74th percentile)
overall:
9.9k births since 1916
#2688 (65th percentile)
The name Dominik is the #2,688 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 9,884 recorded births since 1916. This represents the 65.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 65.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,181 (74.2% percentile) for all time with 9,789 births since 1916. For girls, it ranks #5,621 (1.6% percentile) for all time with 95 births since 1986.
Dominik first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1916 (1916 for boys and 1986 for girls). Birth data for Dominik is available in 52 out of the 108 years between 1916 and 2023 (52 years for boys and 16 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Dominik has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.0% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Dominik reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 49.4% percentile (ranked #456) with 263 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 263 births per million (ranked 49.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2013, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Dominik ranks #708 for boys (22.3% percentile) with 114 births per million, which is 43.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Dominik reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #936) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2014.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dominik".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Dominik. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 41.9% confident that Dominik is pronounced as DAH-muh-nihk, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is duh-MIH-nihk, at 20.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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