Mostly girls · peaked in 1985
Dominique name popularity since 1925
74,332 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Dominique (68.3% girls, 31.7% boys). Half of them were born in 1993 or earlier, so the typical Dominique is about 33 years old in 2026. Dominique peaked in 1985 as the #83 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 74,332
- Named Dominique, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,140 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 68.3% girls
- 50,786 girls · 23,546 boys
- Most popular in
- District of Columbia
- 2.79× its national share
Peak year is the year Dominique made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Dominique births per year, 1925–2025
1985 was the biggest year for Dominique both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1980 and 1985, Dominique became 10× more common, from 1 in 5,270 baby girls to 1 in 522.
- Steepest fall: Between 1997 and 2002, its share of baby girls fell by 70%, from 1 in 652 to 1 in 2,170.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Dominique's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Dominique.
Decade by decade
Babies named Dominique in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 5 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 208 | 42 | #2,353 |
| 1960s | 945 | 197 | #1,064 |
| 1970s | 2,289 | 839 | #745 |
| 1980s | 15,099 | 5,083 | #83 |
| 1990s | 23,649 | 10,981 | #140 |
| 2000s | 6,437 | 3,245 | #531 |
| 2010s | 1,710 | 2,296 | #1,589 |
| 2020–25 | 444 | 863 | #3,140 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
62.4% of babies named Dominique from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Dominique is most popular
The index compares Dominique's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Dominique.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 2.79× | 896 |
| New Mexico | 1.70× | 656 |
| Louisiana | 1.65× | 2,069 |
| Florida | 1.55× | 3,907 |
| Maryland | 1.50× | 1,596 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Dominique and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Dominique (this page) | 50,786 | 1985 |
| Domonique | 5,172 | 1986 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Dominique's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Dominique.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Dominique (1985).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data