NameTides

Dulce

Dulce was the #770 girls' name in the US in 2025 (352 babies), and #3,478 in Canada.

Dulce as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Dulce as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Dulce as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#770 (352)—#3,478 (5)
2024#664 (438)#3,319 (7)—
2023#773 (364)#4,710 (4)—
2022#783 (363)——
2021#837 (329)#5,581 (3)—
2020#737 (371)——
2019#878 (306)——
2018#915 (293)#5,666 (3)—
2017#770 (360)#5,765 (3)—
2016#750 (380)#5,785 (3)#2,595 (7)
2015#663 (430)#4,736 (4)—
2014#664 (431)——
2013#561 (521)#5,742 (3)—
2012#575 (509)——
2011#416 (762)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2007 at #264.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1914.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,600 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Dulce is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,900 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,200 to 1 in 4,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Dulce by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #679WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: #797ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,087NYMassachusetts: #873MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #422NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #516CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #843VAMaryland: #459MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #676AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #748TNNorth Carolina: #684NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #645GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #511TXFlorida: #598FL
Dulce (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DulceCanadaGirls#3,4785
DulceEngland & WalesGirls—too few
DulceNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
DulceUSGirls#770352
DulceUSBoys—too few