girls:
50.7k births since 1949
#572 (90th percentile)
boys:
23.3k births since 1912
#752 (84th percentile)
overall:
74k births since 1912
#840 (89th percentile)
The name Dominique is the #840 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 73,983 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 89.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 89.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #572 (90.0% percentile) for all time with 50,673 births since 1949. For boys, it ranks #752 (83.6% percentile) for all time with 23,310 births since 1912.
Dominique first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for boys and 1949 for girls). Birth data for Dominique is available in 77 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023 (75 years for girls and 72 years for boys). 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 Dominique has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (68.5% of all recorded births). In 2023, 30.2% of babies named Dominique were girls.
For girls, Dominique reached its peak popularity in 1985, achieving the 89.7% percentile (ranked #83) with 1,787 births per million. The name was most common in 1985, with 1,787 births per million (ranked 89.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1996, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Dominique ranks #892 for girls (5.8% percentile) with 34 births per million, which is 1.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Dominique reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 77.7% percentile (ranked #170) with 882 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 882 births per million (ranked 77.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Dominique ranks #777 for boys (14.7% percentile) with 76 births per million, which is 8.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dominique".
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Our model has identified 13 different pronunciations for the name Dominique. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 20.0% confident that Dominique is pronounced as DAH-muh-NEEK, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DAH-muh-neek, at 18.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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