Dominica
Dominica is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 9 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 90.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 197956 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1909
- 2,332people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,332 girls have been named Dominica in the United States since 1909, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1979, with 56 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1982, and the 1980s alone account for 19%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Dominica | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 167 | |
| 1920s | 194 | |
| 1930s | 113 | |
| 1940s | 52 | |
| 1950s | 42 | |
| 1960s | 188 | |
| 1970s | 292 | |
| 1980s | 451 | |
| 1990s | 392 | |
| 2000s | 230 | |
| 2010s | 153 | |
| 2020s | 53 |
In 1979, its biggest year
Dominica was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1979 were Jennifer, Melissa, Amanda, Jessica and Amy. See all of 1979.
Names that rose and fell with Dominica
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Janinapeak 1980
- Audriapeak 1967
- Kimikopeak 1981
- Jenevapeak 1926
- Zoilapeak 1988
- Sarapeak 1981
- Maryelizabethpeak 2001
- Zeniapeak 1988
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.