NameTides

Dominic

Dominic was the #106 boys' name in the US in 2025 (3,277 babies), and #205 in England & Wales and #154 in Canada.

Dominic as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Dominic as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USIrelandCanadaEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern Ireland
Dominic as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#106 (3,277)#205 (246)#243 (17)#395 (3)#159 (32)#154 (211)—
2024#107 (3,304)#161 (311)#234 (17)#239 (8)#240 (18)#137 (234)—
2023#106 (3,417)#139 (383)#231 (18)#272 (6)#254 (17)#117 (262)—
2022#102 (3,590)#123 (450)#209 (20)#163 (13)#170 (32)#111 (285)—
2021#99 (3,755)#114 (504)#199 (23)#266 (7)#141 (42)#109 (318)—
2020#89 (4,019)#112 (521)#164 (28)#180 (12)#169 (32)#111 (308)#94 (99)
2019#85 (4,443)#111 (552)#130 (45)#160 (15)#208 (25)#109 (320)#90 (100)
2018#75 (4,795)#100 (634)#156 (35)#178 (13)#149 (40)#86 (394)—
2017#74 (5,111)#115 (549)#136 (43)#279 (6)#131 (48)#78 (425)#95 (96)
2016#72 (5,428)#115 (573)#171 (34)#195 (11)#142 (46)#76 (464)#79 (134)
2015#68 (5,870)#103 (618)#141 (42)#179 (13)#201 (28)#69 (520)#75 (130)
2014#69 (6,264)#121 (521)#145 (42)#202 (11)#208 (28)#77 (472)#79 (131)
2013#68 (6,336)#109 (555)#171 (32)#244 (7)#237 (23)#75 (500)#87 (122)
2012#70 (6,189)#116 (546)#174 (33)#204 (10)#233 (24)#60 (557)#92 (119)
2011#77 (5,438)#120 (534)#171 (32)#204 (10)#193 (33)#90 (438)#86 (123)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2013 at #68.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1885.

How common is it?

about 1 in 520 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 520common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 740common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 750common

Next year

On its recent trend, Dominic is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 540 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 530 to 1 in 560.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Dominic by state, 2025Alaska: #165AKMaine: #172MEWisconsin: #102WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #130NHWashington: #121WAIdaho: #125IDMontana: #201MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #178MNIllinois: #94ILMichigan: #84MINew York: #77NYMassachusetts: #73MAOregon: #128ORNevada: #89NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #192SDIowa: #219IAIndiana: #172INOhio: #103OHPennsylvania: #93PANew Jersey: #57NJConnecticut: #75CTRhode Island: #140RICalifornia: #62CAUtah: #140UTColorado: #117CONebraska: #150NEMissouri: #123MOKentucky: #203KYWest Virginia: #113WVVirginia: #105VAMaryland: #139MDDelaware: #101DEArizona: #83AZNew Mexico: #90NMKansas: #151KSArkansas: #273ARTennessee: #180TNNorth Carolina: #149NCSouth Carolina: #207SCDistrict of Columbia: #97DCOklahoma: #264OKLouisiana: #148LAMississippi: #333MSAlabama: #232ALGeorgia: #153GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #141TXFlorida: #93FL
Dominic (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#105116
Quebec2025#42710

Dominic (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DominicCanadaGirls—too few
DominicCanadaBoys#154211
DominicEngland & WalesBoys#205246
DominicIrelandBoys#15932
DominicNorthern IrelandBoys#3953
DominicNSWBoys—too few
DominicScotlandBoys#24317
DominicUSGirls#14,9425
DominicUSBoys#1063,277