Dominique

#3,130 for girls in 2025, 51 births · #1,466 for boys in 2025, 121 births
Given to girls 68.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
1985 · 3,299 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
2 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
50,786
since 1949

Dominique over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988peak #83, 1985peak #170, 1991girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,13051#1,466121
2024#2,53370#1,472123
2023#2,75762#1,340141
2022#2,27782#1,379135
2021#2,08591#1,156173
2020#2,07888#1,144170
2019#1,949100#1,136171
2018#1,692122#1,056192
2017#1,572139#983209
2016#1,465157#967213
2015#1,588137#908237
2014#1,519144#952221
2013#1,192201#838255
2012#1,152214#804279
2011#1,172208#810271
2010#907288#854248
2009#961278#771296
2008#780376#772288
2007#757386#786275
2006#628458#764275
2005#531543#683304
2004#501587#655311
2003#446673#624328
2002#361829#576379
2001#3041,043#567367
2000#2591,264#525422
1999#1851,664#520409
1998#1462,159#479457
1997#1182,670#374652
1996#1222,547#346718
1995#1402,278#287918
1994#1322,389#2391,238
1993#1222,705#2071,449
1992#1162,885#1801,786
1991#1322,406#1701,869
1990#1531,946#2071,485
1989#1731,641#2211,233
1988#1451,905#2341,029
1987#1142,444#312684
1986#982,944#360523
1985#833,299#435384
1984#2091,254#410406
1983#453454#468318
1982#468450#541253
1981#507393#770129
1980#585315#786124
1979#562327#782122
1978#583294#854101
1977#588293#770122
1976#579283#83899
1975#745193#87590
1974#693212#86785
1973#710206#94173
1972#808167#1,06058
1971#854158#1,21446
1970#860156#1,26043
1969#923132#1,18644
1968#879137#1,39331
1967#833145#1,60923
1966#944116#1,61323
1965#1,06397#1,80619
1964#1,001114#1,85019
1963#1,26276#2,30013
1962#1,60749#2,50411
1961#1,78841#2,9009
1960#1,83538#4,0385
1959#1,82037—
1958#1,63043#2,37012
1957#3,69611#3,2577
1956#2,15126—
1955#2,34122#3,5056
1954#2,24023—
1953#3,68710#3,7985
1952#2,67116#3,7345
1951#3,10612—
1950#3,9628#3,0217
1949#5,2445—
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First appearance
1949

The first year at least five girls were named Dominique! It came in at #5,244, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1949, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Dominique is popular in 1988

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Dominique, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Dominique, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Dominique, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #218 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,327 girlsNHWashington: #325 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,994 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Dominique, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Dominique, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Dominique, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #429 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,450 girlsMNIllinois: #74 for girls · 202 births · 1 in 365 girlsILWisconsin: #176 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,061 girlsWIMichigan: #118 for girls · 91 births · 1 in 631 girlsMINew York: #99 for girls · 206 births · 1 in 554 girlsNYMassachusetts: #256 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,618 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Dominique, so not publishedRIOregon: #328 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,961 girlsORNevada: #127 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 566 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Dominique, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Dominique, so not publishedSDIowa: #363 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,607 girlsIAIndiana: #251 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,615 girlsINOhio: #155 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 903 girlsOHPennsylvania: #145 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 804 girlsPANew Jersey: #114 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 638 girlsNJConnecticut: #182 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,103 girlsCTCalifornia: #154 for girls · 272 births · 1 in 840 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Dominique, so not publishedUTColorado: #253 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,490 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Dominique, so not publishedNEMissouri: #252 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,667 girlsMOKentucky: #250 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,574 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Dominique, so not publishedWVVirginia: #147 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 897 girlsVAMaryland: #133 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 702 girlsMDDelaware: #144 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 700 girlsDEArizona: #196 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,049 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Dominique, so not publishedNMKansas: #421 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,864 girlsKSArkansas: #130 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 687 girlsARTennessee: #120 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 658 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #175 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 1,036 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #133 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 721 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #47 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 182 girlsDCOklahoma: #393 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,486 girlsOKLouisiana: #61 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 302 girlsLAMississippi: #106 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 518 girlsMSAlabama: #146 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 801 girlsALGeorgia: #193 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 1,180 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Dominique, so not publishedHITexas: #209 for girls · 108 births · 1 in 1,188 girlsTXFlorida: #96 for girls · 132 births · 1 in 552 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. District of Columbia#47 · 1 in 182
  2. Louisiana#61 · 1 in 302
  3. Illinois#74 · 1 in 365
  4. Florida#96 · 1 in 552
  5. New York#99 · 1 in 554

Best ever in a state: #19 in District of Columbia, 1985.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#47341 in 182
Louisiana#61871 in 302
Illinois#742021 in 365
Florida#961321 in 552
New York#992061 in 554
Mississippi#106261 in 518
New Jersey#114711 in 638
Michigan#118911 in 631
Tennessee#120441 in 658
Nevada#127101 in 566
Arkansas#130181 in 687
Maryland#133371 in 702
South Carolina#133261 in 721
Delaware#14451 in 700
Pennsylvania#145871 in 804
Alabama#146271 in 801
Virginia#147401 in 897
California#1542721 in 840
Ohio#155761 in 903
North Carolina#175371 in 1,036
Wisconsin#176271 in 1,061
Connecticut#182171 in 1,103
Georgia#193341 in 1,180
Arizona#196241 in 1,049
Texas#2091081 in 1,188
New Hampshire#21851 in 1,327
Kentucky#250131 in 1,574
Indiana#251211 in 1,615
Missouri#252191 in 1,667
Colorado#253141 in 1,490
Massachusetts#256231 in 1,618
Washington#325141 in 1,994
Oregon#32881 in 1,961
Iowa#36361 in 2,607
Oklahoma#39371 in 2,486
Kansas#42151 in 2,864
Minnesota#42981 in 3,450
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Dominique
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 597 spots since 2024 (#2,533 → #3,130)
  • 1,052 spots since 2020 (#2,078 → #3,130)
  • 1,542 spots since 2015 (#1,588 → #3,130)
  • Biggest jump: 244 spots in 1984 (#453 → #209)
  • Biggest drop: 265 spots in 2011 (#907 → #1,172)
Rise & fade · girls
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1949
  • Peaked 1985 at #83 (3,299 births)
  • Births halved by 1989, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 2 yrs · run 1985–1986
  • Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1966–2010
Share of babies · girls
1 in 522
  • Highest: 1 in 522 girls born in 1985 were named Dominique (0.19%)
  • Latest: 1 in 31,515 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 46.6% of all girls named Dominique (23,649) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2011
  • Mostly girls until 2010, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s5#5,244 (1949)#5,244
1950s208#1,630 (1958)#2,730
1960s945#833 (1967)#1,214
1970s2,289#562 (1979)#698
1980s15,099#83 (1985)#284
1990s23,649#116 (1992)#137
2000s6,437#259 (2000)#553
2010s1,710#907 (2010)#1,421
2020s444#2,078 (2020)#2,477

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Dominique in 1988

girls
#145
1,905 births · 1 in 935 girls
boys
#234
1,029 births · 1 in 1,860 boys

Top girls' names in 1988

  1. #1Jessica51,556
  2. #2Ashley49,977
  3. #3Amanda39,459
  4. #4Sarah28,374
  5. #5Jennifer27,893
  6. #6Brittany26,816
  7. #7Stephanie22,843
  8. #8Samantha20,700
  9. #9Nicole20,315
  10. #10Elizabeth20,042
  11. #145Dominique1,905

Top boys' names in 1988

  1. #1Michael64,171
  2. #2Christopher53,014
  3. #3Matthew45,876
  4. #4Joshua42,653
  5. #5Andrew35,745
  6. #6David35,329
  7. #7Justin35,055
  8. #8Daniel34,718
  9. #9James32,523
  10. #10Robert30,319
  11. #234Dominique1,029
More about 1988

girls

1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 935 of them was named Dominique, which outranked 99.0% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dominique
  1. #142Gina2,025
  2. #143Haley2,004
  3. #144Miranda1,976
  4. #145Dominique1,905
  5. #146Renee1,893
  6. #147Sasha1,886
  7. #148Melinda1,879
Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,890Jalissa#3,857 → #967
  2. ↑ 2,381Taja#3,101 → #720
  3. ↑ 1,710Whitley#2,156 → #446
  4. ↑ 1,225Jalisa#1,662 → #437
  5. ↑ 883Jaleesa#1,227 → #344
Fallers
  1. ↓ 620Channing#590 → #1,210
  2. ↓ 346Denisse#954 → #1,300
  3. ↓ 319Jeana#966 → #1,285
  4. ↓ 314Eliana#826 → #1,140
  5. ↓ 311Nakia#893 → #1,204

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 1,860 of them was named Dominique, which outranked 97.2% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dominique
  1. #231Byron1,056
  2. #232Cesar1,051
  3. #233Kurt1,043
  4. #234Dominique1,029
  5. #235Mason1,026
  6. #236Julio1,024
  7. #237Jamal1,020
Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,252Nico#4,239 → #987
  2. ↑ 1,245Ridge#2,215 → #970
  3. ↑ 668Colten#1,484 → #816
  4. ↑ 600Brantley#1,587 → #987
  5. ↑ 518Long#1,337 → #819
Fallers
  1. ↓ 362Cordaro#908 → #1,270
  2. ↓ 246Ramsey#884 → #1,130
  3. ↓ 241Yaakov#974 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 233Adrain#990 → #1,223
  5. ↓ 230Kiel#846 → #1,076

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1988 →