Dulcinea

girls:

318 births since 1921

#5398 (6th percentile)

overall:

318 births since 1921

#7421 (4th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Dulcinea is the #7,421 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 318 recorded births since 1921. This represents the 4.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,398 (5.5% percentile) for all time with 318 births since 1921.

Dulcinea first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1921 (first recorded for girls in 1921). Birth data for Dulcinea is available in 42 out of the 101 years between 1921 and 2021. 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.

For girls, Dulcinea reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #955) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2021.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dulcinea".

1921 2021 19212021

Key Statistics

Total Births
318
Peak Births
16
Peak Year
2006
First Recorded
1921
Peak Percentile
1.1%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#955
Current Rank
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Dulcinea

Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Dulcinea. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 48.5% confident that Dulcinea is pronounced as duhl-sih-NEE-uh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is duhl-SIH-nee-uh, at 30.3% confidence, with 4 syllables.

duhl-sih-NEE-uh (4 syllables)
Verified
48.5% confidence
D AH0 L S IH0 N IY1 AH0
duhl-SIH-nee-uh (4 syllables)
30.3% confidence
D AH0 L S IH1 N IY0 AH0
duhl-SIH-nay-uh (4 syllables)
15.2% confidence
D AH0 L S IH1 N EY0 AH0
duel-see-NAY-uh (4 syllables)
6.1% confidence
D UW0 L S IY0 N EY1 AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

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